Mint panel (taskbar) missing on fresh install PP2.5.1

[CNCist]

I’ve been running PP1.9.13 for 5 years. Finally upgraded to PP2. Standard Tormach install went fine. As with PP1, I want to boot into desktop and configure PP to run in a window, not full screen.
So I did this:

1. booted with shift+alt into desktop
2. removed PP from startup
3. stopped operator-login from shutting down
4. moved Mate panel from bottom to top
5. added some stuf to panel
6. set display res to native (max)
7. rebooted

Now the desk top has the gedit & PP2 start icons I added, but is blank otherwise. I can’t see any panels, can’t add a panel and have no useful left-click menu items no matter where the pointer is.

Rebooting has not helped. I have forgotten too much Unix/Linux so asking for quasi-noob help.

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[CNCist]

Ok I managed to get it working. I didn’t know how to start the MATE panels.
Just run mate-panel in terminal. Then I see that mate-panel is unchecked in startup.
Likely my error in first editing or was that way in original image.
Now working as I wanted.

Now what is the root password? Use to be tormach & pcnc1100
But that is not working.

[jwatte]

You can just `sudo -i bash` as `operator`

Have an actual-login for the root account is generally not a best practice.

[routalot]

I found a similar problem when running a live install of Mint 19.3 from a usb stick.For the few things I needed to do I used the command line.Maybe i need to download a new .iso image in the hope that it won't have the bug.