Re: Odd behavior of Debian 10.7 with MATE desktop

[Richard Owlett <rowlett@cloud85.net>]

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 user, everything appears normal.
> >
> > *HOWEVER* when logged in as "root" the desktop *DOES NOT*:
> >     1. display a folder titled "root's Home"
> >     2. display icons for files in /root/Desktop
> >     3. display icons for file systems mounted when plugging in a flash
> >        drive [although Caja properly shows them to be in /media/root]
> >
> > Any ideas? Is this a known bug?
> > TIA
>
> I accidentally replied to Richard off-list - below for future ref...

If that was worst mistake I ever made .... <GRIN!>

> > Hi Richard,
> >
> > Comments in the below say it's to prevent sudo/su invocations of caja
> > from taking over the desktop, but icons can be made to appear with with
> >
> > caja --force-desktop
> >
> > https://github.com/mate-desktop/caja/issues/871
> >
> > Some problems were caused with menus/dialogs though, as discussed in the link.
> >
> > Best wishes,
> > Gareth

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.