The same problem is on Dell 1520 (Intel GMA), latest Lucid, amd64. Those "workaround" scripts are bad jokes. Triggering DPMS-off in an infinite loop (until you press CTRL-C) does not solves the problem.
-- [Lucid] 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 Desktop Bugs, which is subscribed to gnome-power-manager in ubuntu. -- desktop-bugs mailing list desktop-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/desktop-bugs