Confirmed on 12.10 Quantal Quetzal. This exact problem began happening to me after an upgrade from 12.04 to 12.10.
This seems to be a bug with the upgrade process screwing up power management settings. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/899955 Title: On login ignores setting, turns off screen after idle timeout To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gnome-power-manager/+bug/899955/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs