Re: Odd behavior of Debian 10.7 with MATE desktop

2021-02-01 Thread David Christensen
On 2021-02-01 04:46, Richard Owlett wrote: I have just installed Debian 10.7 to my Lenovo T510 Thinkpad having copied debian-10.7.0-amd64-DVD-1.iso to a flash drive [the machine is intentionally isolated from the internet]. When logging in as user, everything appears normal. *HOWEVER* when lo

Re: Odd behavior of Debian 10.7 with MATE desktop

2021-02-01 Thread Richard Owlett
On 02/01/2021 02:37 PM, songbird wrote: Richard Owlett wrote: ... Thanks for the link. As I categorically avoid *ANY* use of "sudo", I'll have to experiment to see if the recommended use of "caja --force-desktop" might cause me grief. i was wondering if the difference could also be as the r

Re: Odd behavior of Debian 10.7 with MATE desktop

2021-02-01 Thread songbird
Richard Owlett wrote: ... > Thanks for the link. > As I categorically avoid *ANY* use of "sudo", I'll have to experiment to > see if the recommended use of "caja --force-desktop" might cause me grief. i was wondering if the difference could also be as the root user may be set up without the add

Re: Odd behavior of Debian 10.7 with MATE desktop

2021-02-01 Thread Richard Owlett
On 02/01/2021 08:47 AM, Gareth Evans wrote: On Mon, 1 Feb 2021, at 12:46, Richard Owlett wrote: I have just installed Debian 10.7 to my Lenovo T510 Thinkpad having copied debian-10.7.0-amd64-DVD-1.iso to a flash drive [the machine is intentionally isolated from the internet]. When logging in as

Re: Odd behavior of Debian 10.7 with MATE desktop

2021-02-01 Thread Gareth Evans
On Mon, 1 Feb 2021, at 12:46, Richard Owlett wrote: > I have just installed Debian 10.7 to my Lenovo T510 Thinkpad having > copied debian-10.7.0-amd64-DVD-1.iso to a flash drive [the machine is > intentionally isolated from the internet]. > > When logging in as user, everything appears normal. >

Odd behavior of Debian 10.7 with MATE desktop

2021-02-01 Thread Richard Owlett
I have just installed Debian 10.7 to my Lenovo T510 Thinkpad having copied debian-10.7.0-amd64-DVD-1.iso to a flash drive [the machine is intentionally isolated from the internet]. When logging in as user, everything appears normal. *HOWEVER* when logged in as "root" the desktop *DOES NOT*: