Hot Corners: Display Won't Sleep

I have, for a long time, used hot corners to put my MBP display to sleep. I have things such as backups run while I sleep, so shutting down MBP or hybernation is not an option. Since the last OS update, envying the display sleep hot corner only works for less than a minute before the display wakes. I have had no problems with display sleep on my iMac. Does anyone have a suggestion to a fix? Thanks.
Alice

I'm running the latest OSX, and have the same problem.
The screen saver, or sleep, set in hot corners, only runs for 10secs at best.
Obviously something is disturbing the mouse. Could it be the uneven surface of the desk playing havoc with the laser? I'm not using a mouse pad, just using the desk surface.

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Here is KB article HT1776 with their tips.
Mine follow;
USB devices and hubs often cause Macs to not sleep or wake quickly from sleep (notably HP printers and scanners, HP all in ones, and Cannon scanners). Disconnect all USB except for keyboard and mouse and try. If it sleeps, add one back at a time testing after each one to find the culprit.
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http://support.apple.com/kb/TS3430
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