Yeah we know it’s a problem, it was mentioned in our issue tracker
- " Unable to run screensaver when selected from menu" Bug #1989163 “Unable to run screensaver when selected from menu” : Bugs : xscreensaver package : Ubuntu
Our intention is to explore why, come up with a fix we can SRU into kinetic so users download the fix automatically, or document a workaround on this site. We’ve not accomplished that yet.
ps: If you’re able to work out the cause, a fix or workaround - that would be greatly appreciated. If you can write it up for this site I’ll move it to our documentation section happily.