IPhoto albums not available in screen saver

I was using the "dropping photos" screensaver and an iPhoto album as the source. I installed a new screensaver, but wanted to go back to the photos. But when I tried, none of my iPhoto albums showed up as options. I have Pictures folder and Choose folder, but after that nothing. A minor issue, but it bothers me.

I believe I have a similar problem. I am using OS X 10.5.6 on all machines. No problems selecting an iPhoto album as a screen saver. However, when I try to set an iPhoto album as my Desktop on my MacBook (only happens on the MacBook) via System Preferences it starts to load and then my MacBook freezes and after a short while I receive a message 'The application System Preferences quit unexpectedly' etc. It happens EVERY TIME I try to set an iPhoto album as my Desktop. Does anyone else have this problem, too?
Cheers
Tricia

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