Screensaver malfunction

For some reason my screensaver is no longer playing the photo album I selected in iPhoto. I can select an album but it just randomly chooses any photo out of the entire library. I have no idea why this started since I haven't changed it. I tried switching it to "random" and then switching it back but it didn't work. Any suggestions?
Thanks in advance for the help!
Powerbook G4   Mac OS X (10.4.8)  

I just implemented a pretty simple workaround--but certainly one I wish I didn't have to do.
I created a new folder in my home>pictures folder and copied all the photos out of the iPhoto folder I've been trying to use for my screensaver and then have the screensaver point to the new "mirror" folder instead. I really wish this were unnecessary (I don't like having to take up disk space with duplicate files), but unless this bug gets ironed out (or if someone can suggest a fix to the issue), I guess this will have to suffice!
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