Ubuntu
gnome-power-manager package

  1. Bug #447728
  2. Comment #16

Comment 16 for bug 447728

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Artúr (ikartur) wrote : Re: [Lucid] Laptop only remains DPMS off for 2 seconds

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.