Screen Saver continues to revert to National Geographic

Since upgrading to Yosemite my screen saver continues to revert to National Geographic. I set it for an iPhoto file; it uses the iPhoto file for a short while and then reverts to National Geographic.
Dumped the relevant .plist files; removed all files with a long name that begins "com.apple.screensaver". This did not help.

Screen Saver finds errors in Permissions when attempting to open the selected file, then reverts to National Geographic by default.  If your selected folder is in iPhoto, just repairing the Permissions in the iPhoto application is insufficient for a lasting result.  You must repair the Permissions of EVERY folder on your computer by using the following approach:
Finder / Control-Click on the “home” folder (the one with the picture of the house) / Get Info / Open the bottom right Lock / Click the cogwheel at the bottom of the screen / Select the appropriate action (it takes a few minutes to reset all permissions for every folder).  This will all save and lock back up just by exiting.

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