Odd behavior of Debian 10.7 with MATE desktop

From	Richard Owlett <rowlett@cloud85.net>
Newsgroups	linux.debian.user
Subject	Odd behavior of Debian 10.7 with MATE desktop
Date	2021-02-01 13:50 +0100
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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

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Odd behavior of Debian 10.7 with MATE desktop Richard Owlett <rowlett@cloud85.net> - 2021-02-01 13:50 +0100
  Re: Odd behavior of Debian 10.7 with MATE desktop "Gareth Evans" <donotspam@fastmail.fm> - 2021-02-01 15:50 +0100
    Re: Odd behavior of Debian 10.7 with MATE desktop Richard Owlett <rowlett@cloud85.net> - 2021-02-01 16:50 +0100
      Re: Odd behavior of Debian 10.7 with MATE desktop songbird <songbird@anthive.com> - 2021-02-01 21:50 +0100
        Re: Odd behavior of Debian 10.7 with MATE desktop Richard Owlett <rowlett@cloud85.net> - 2021-02-02 01:30 +0100
  Re: Odd behavior of Debian 10.7 with MATE desktop David Christensen <dpchrist@holgerdanske.com> - 2021-02-02 02:40 +0100

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