Helping you will be hard if we don't have the slightest clue of what error(s) you're getting... Network? pkg_add/make install? Xorg configuration? etc.
As for your ssh issue, did you modify
/etc/ssh/sshd_config to accept root logins? sshd doesn't accept root logins by default.
sshd_config(5):
Code:
PermitRootLogin
Specifies whether root can log in using ssh(1). The argument
must be “yes”, “without-password”, “forced-commands-only”, or
“no”. The default is “no”. Note that if
ChallengeResponseAuthentication is “yes”, the root user may be
allowed in with its password even if PermitRootLogin is set to
“without-password”.
If this option is set to “without-password”, password authentica‐
tion is disabled for root.
If this option is set to “forced-commands-only”, root login with
public key authentication will be allowed, but only if the
command option has been specified (which may be useful for taking
remote backups even if root login is normally not allowed). All
other authentication methods are disabled for root.
If this option is set to “no”, root is not allowed to log in.