Since this screen blackout only becomes a problem when the time is adjusted, this is a time applet problem (it needs to disable the screensaver before the change). I've tested this with the gnome-system-tools time applet (installed from the PPA) and this problem no longer occurs.
Since this screen blackout only becomes a problem when the time is adjusted, this is a time applet problem (it needs to disable the screensaver before the change). I've tested this with the gnome-system-tools time applet (installed from the PPA) and this problem no longer occurs.