The problem only occurs in XMir mode, when deactivating XMir as described on https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Mir/Installing, section "Removing unity-system-compositor", subsection "temporarily" the light turns off as expected.
-- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to xorg-server in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1213872 Title: Screen power saving: Light does not turn off Status in “mir” package in Ubuntu: New Status in “xorg-server” package in Ubuntu: New Bug description: I am running the Lenovo Thinkpad Twist with Saucy and Unity desktop in XMir mode (https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Mir/Installing). When I leave the system without use for some time, the screen gets turned off for power saving. Problem is that the screen only turns black but the illumination of the screen does not turn off. To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/mir/+bug/1213872/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages Post to : desktop-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp