While waiting for a response to this question, I think I fixed my own 
problem.� I purged all files related to xscreensaver, and the TDE 
screensaver seems to work fine now.

How this may help someone else down the road...

On 1/3/20 6:08 PM, James D Freels wrote:
> Hello TDE users/developers:
>
> I am using debian/buster now since it's release.� I am also using the 
> "preliminary stable builds" of TDE using the following location:
>
> deb http://mirror.ppa.trinitydesktop.org/trinity-sb buster deps-r14 
> main-r14
>
> I still have a couple of problems remaining.� Perhaps I can get this 
> one fixed first.
>
> I have set my screen to be blanked (it can be any of the options on 
> configure - kdesktop).� It will not automatically blank or lock.� I 
> can manually blank and lock it, and it works as expected.� Only the 
> automatic method by waiting a set amount of time is not working.
>
> How can I diagnose and fix this problem.� I have used other 
> screensavers, and this is the only one that is giving me problems, and 
> this is the one I prefer (from within TDE).
>
>
> Thanks again.
>
> Jim Freels, PhD (retired)
>
>
>
>
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