My fix was to disable gnome screensaver and install xscreensaver. Works fine on my machine (Core Duo E7400).
-- gnome-screensaver --poke functionality does no longer inhibit screen blanking https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/428884 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Desktop Bugs, which is subscribed to gnome-screensaver in ubuntu. -- desktop-bugs mailing list [email protected] https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/desktop-bugs
