Can't get screen saver to activate

I'm on an imac G5, running 10.4
Energy settings set to default.
Screen saver set to my iphoto library.
The computer display goes to sleep but the screensaver does not activate...
Can anyone help?

Actually Kenny, that's a better way to do it. The screen saver still uses the backlight while if you sleep your display, the display gets blanked and the backlight goes off, preserving the life of that backlight.
It is how I have mine set up and I recommend it to everyone. What's a screen saver doing other than showing a moving picture to prevent burn-in - which does not occur on LCDs anyway?

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