Kscreensaver does not allow access to the advanced options of the xscreensavers. For example, the Carousel screen saver displays a list of random pictures. To select the directory from which pictures are chosen, one must specify the path under the advanced options. These options cannot be reached using the "Setup" button in the screensaver portion of the Control Center. When starting "xscreensaver-demo" from the command line I can access the advanced settings and specify the path. Once that is done the screen savers that require a path for pictures function correctly. Reproducible: Always
This has been reported as Debian bug #686483: http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=686483
*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of bug 139139 ***