This happens to me too. I've written up a short script to work around this bug. The script behavior isn't ideal (you have to run it again to turn the screen back on), but maybe some of you might find it helpful until this bug gets fixed: http://alexcabal.com/turn-your-laptop-screen-off-with-a-keyboard-shortcut-in-ubuntu-karmic/
-- Karmic Beta: Laptop only remains DPMS off for 2 seconds https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/447728 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
