This is not a solution, nor even a workaround. It's more a alternative for those of you who, like my self, cannot make a clean install of Karmic right now. The power manager tool from Xfce works pretty well. The version in the repositories still has this bug: http://bugzilla.xfce.org/show_bug.cgi?id=6008 But it is not very important for me.
Merry Christmas! ** Bug watch added: Xfce Bugzilla #6008 http://bugzilla.xfce.org/show_bug.cgi?id=6008 -- Gnome Power Manager fails to put display to sleep https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/431146 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