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.TH PANELD 8 "July 2004"

.SH NAME
paneld \- Cobalt admin menu for the LCD panel

.SH SYNOPSIS
.B paneld
[\-d] [\-h] [\-\-] [\fISTRINGs\fR]

.SH DESCRIPTION
.PP
.B 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
.B enter
or
.B 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,
.B 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
.B \-d
option
.B paneld
will fork itself into the background immediately.

The
.B \-h
option will make
.B paneld
use scrolling horizontal menus rather than the usual vertical menu.

.SH AUTHOR
.PP
Peter Horton <pdh@colonel\-panic.org>