I stumbled upon this issue when attempting to work around the suspend bug (system always suspends even when told not to). So, +1 from me. Also, noticed that when the setting in question is set to "Never" it also makes text input nearly impossible due to the screen continually going dark.
-- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to gnome-control-center in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/841345 Title: can't prevent screen from turning off in oneiric Status in GNOME Control Center: Invalid Status in “gnome-control-center” package in Ubuntu: Triaged Bug description: System Settings > Screen "Turn off after: Never" is not an available option in Screen There is no option in gnome-control-center to never turn off the screen using oneiric fully updated (general gnome3 issue). To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/gnome-control-center/+bug/841345/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages Post to : desktop-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp