Screen Saver Does Not Work: Starts then Stops

My screen saver has recently stopped working within the Mac OS 10.5.8. I was using the default screen savers available within the iMac (i.e. either My Pictures or Beach, etc.). What has been happening is that the screen saver will start for about 1-2 seconds and then simply go back to the desktop. It will continue to do this in the interval specified in the system preferences (i.e. 5 min). The "test" works as well as if I set a hot corner to be a screen saver. Any ideas as to why the screen saver doesn't stay on when it starts automatically?

I have had the same issue. It only began after a software update. I reset the preferences and it's still happening. Any suggestions?

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