i have it -semi- working using a clean CI install, i conclude that it's redirection does not like my non-CI mod_rewrite generated URLs. not exactly sure why though...
it still redirects me to the base url when i log in, then i manually have to go back to /index.php/auth, im assuming it is built on the pretense that when using this test controller, it is the default controller?
I think these problems can be overcome while just using it's components.