Hi Mike
There's a thread here about a mysterious tdehwdevicetray > process which has been appearing in my systray.
tdehwdevicetray is a new systray application and is part of R14.1.0. It helps to provide quick access to storage disks and operations, but you can choose not to use it (see other email I sent a short while ago)
Same happens with Trinity Control Center / System Administration / Monitor and Display.
Seems to work fine here, I get the red-framed admin page after I put the root password.
While investigating this I tried to go into Trinity Control Center / Peripherals / Device Manager. I enter the root password but I don't get a Device Manager.
Where did you enter the root password in Trinity Control Center / Peripherals / Device Manager? It seems it can be browsed without being root.
Cheers Michele