NAME¶

paneld - Cobalt admin menu for the LCD panel

SYNOPSIS¶

paneld [-d] [-h] [--] [ STRINGs]

DESCRIPTION¶

paneld is an admin tool for the LCD panel of Cobalt machines. By default, it will display the current time and optionally a message. When you hold the enter or select button for a couple of seconds you will get an admin menu. The menu will allow you to either halt or reboot your Cobalt machine. It is possible to pass a set of strings to paneld. In this case, paneld will loop through each argument and display the string for a few seconds in the second line below the time. It will proceed with the next argument and loop around when the last argument is reached. If called with the -d option paneld will fork itself into the background immediately. The -h option will make paneld use scrolling horizontal menus rather than the usual vertical menu.

AUTHOR¶

Peter Horton <pdh@colonel-panic.org>