gnome-settings-dameon crashes when I log in as root

[Andrew Konosky]

I just reinstalled fc2 (complete reinstall, no files from old install) 
and then logged in as root to setup the system and updated with red 
carpet. I then created my own user account and stuff. All seemed well, 
but now when I try to log in as root, the settings dameon crashes. It 
works when I log in as a normal user, so I don't know what is wrong. It 
works fine logging in as root in KDE, but I am used to using gnome and 
would like to get it set up first before I start playing with KDE. 
Please help!

BTW, is it possible to configure default desktops for each user, like 
root defaults to gnome, bob uses KDE, john doe uses whatever...?