Displays not sleeping at the login screen

Since I upgraded(clean installation) from 10.4 server to 10.5 server none of the client station displays will sleep at the login screen. I have 3 labs with Intel iMacs running 10.4 and 10.5. I have Workgroup manager set to always manage the Desktop in Energy Saver and put only the displays to sleep after an hour. This used to work with 10.4 server even at the login screen. Is there a way I can get them to sleep at the login screen?
George

Well I am still trying to figure out the issue however I have made some ground. It seems that my 10.5 Intel iMacs screens appear to sleep if set it to less than an hour like 45 minutes or 15 minutes but my 10.4 PPC macs worked the first day at 15 minutes but currently are not sleeping. I will keep trying...
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