Ok, having played around some more, I've discovered that if you add a
user AFTER the install, you get all the default desktop icons. Somebody
want to fix the install add to do this also?
And strangely, something I did (I'm not sure what) lets me log in as
root now.
- Theo
Theo Brinkman wrote:
>
> I did a default 'SERVER' install on my test system and ran into a few
> major problems.
>
> First, I cannot log in as root. I can log in as any other user, and su
> to root with no problem, but no matter what I try I cannot log in as
> root.
>
> Second, /usr/X11R6/bin is not included in the path for the users (it
> seems to be commeted out in /etc/profile for some reason). It does seem
> to be included in the path for root.
>
> Third, starting up my first X session as a non-privilaged user got me a
> desktop with just 'Trash' and 'Autostart' icons. Starting up my first X
> session as root got me a nice set of standard icons on the desktop.
> (conspicuously missing are cdrom and floppy)
>
> I haven't tried the 'WORKSTATION' install yet, but I have to comment
> that the actual install process went very well (in text mode, this
> machine couldn't run the graphical installer).
>
> - Theo
