Iphoto pics as screensaver

I have set my screensaver to view random photos from my iphoto folders, which works fine for a few minutes then only rotates between 2 photos. I have tried different folders, but still the same thing happens! Is there anything I need to be doing to correct this problem, either in iphoto or the screensaver section? thanks
Madge

We are having the same problem also and NO ONE ever answers our posts. We also posted this topic in the Using Leopard forum. I don't think anyone has a clue as to why this does this.

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