Screen saver won't start since Lion upgrade. Two different machines, same issue.

Screen saver won't start since Lion upgrade. Two different machines, same issue. Help

For anyone following this thread, I've found a solution to my problem. Turns out that a cute widget called FishTank appears to be the culprit. With it running in Dashboard (even when I don't see Dashboard) the Screensaver and Sleep functions don't work. I turned it off, not because I'm clever, just because I tired of it, and voilà, Screensaver and Sleep are now working. It can stay in my widgets list without any problem, it just can't be turned on. I'm going to delete it anyway, however.
Hope this points the way to solutions for some of the rest of you!
Cheers!
Keith

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Hi, Patrick.
1. Are you using a third-party mouse? If so, and you installed associated, vendor-provided software to configure the mouse, check for updates to such.
2. Is this one of the Apple-provided screen savers or a third-party screen saver? If non-Apple, test with an Apple-provided screen saver.
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5. Use System Preferences > Dock to reset your Dock preferences for Minimize, Magnification, etc.Note: If you are running any Dock "hacks" or "add ons" you might want to disable or delete these as these can contribute to Dock-related problems, such as issues with Hot Corners.
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Hi,
After standard upgrade about 2 weeks ago (mid July 2012) the screen saver no longer works. I mean I can certainly access the application and the desktop can be made to cycle through different photos etc. But when I configure the screen saver it just refuses to go into screen saver mode at all.
I'm not seeing too much occurance of this through the postings which is a bit worrisome as I'd thought this would be a much wider issue.
Cheers,
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Please follow these instructions:
Lion: Connecting to legacy (pre-Lion) AFP services - and Mac OS X (server):
https://discussions.apple.com/thread/3258472

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I installed the Lion upgrade and now I am unable to open iPhoto 09. Any ideas? Here is the message:
Process:         iPhoto [9483]
Path:            /Applications/iPhoto.app/Contents/MacOS/iPhoto
Identifier:      com.apple.iPhoto
Version:         8.1.2 (8.1.2)
Build Info:      iPhotoProject-4240000~8
Code Type:       X86 (Native)
Parent Process: launchd [8176]
Date/Time:       2012-01-02 12:43:31.672 -0600
OS Version:      Mac OS X 10.7.2 (11C74)
Report Version: 9
Sleep/Wake UUID: A70FC8E4-B25F-4686-80D4-884636B345CB
Interval Since Last Report:          1236 sec
Crashes Since Last Report:           10
Per-App Crashes Since Last Report:   10
Anonymous UUID:                      EE8765B0-FA49-422E-9613-08D9A3A796D4
Crashed Thread: 0
Exception Type: EXC_BREAKPOINT (SIGTRAP)
Exception Codes: 0x0000000000000002, 0x0000000000000000
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dyld: launch, loading dependent libraries
Dyld Error Message:
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Slow, intermittent. Sometimes bootable sometime not. Odd behavior.
Sounds to me like a classic case of your HD failing.
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The only obvious cause for this would be to have the Display Sleep time set earlier or the same as the Screen Saver start time.
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