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The [[Sugar Control Panel]] command can be used from the [[Terminal Activity]] to change certain system settings.

To view all Sugar Control Panel options type:

[[Sugar Control Panel|sugar-control-panel]] -l


== Change Nickname ==

To view the current nickname for your XO type:
[[Sugar Control Panel|sugar-control-panel]] -g nick

To change the nickname type:
[[Sugar Control Panel|sugar-control-panel]] -s nick "My New Nickname"

''Note: some characters should not be used in the nickname as them may prevent Sugar from loading properly after you've changed the name. Such characters to avoid include '''-'''(minus sign), ... [[User:D0li0#Problems with - in nickname|bad nickname recovery help]].''


== Change Color ==


To change the color of the XO symbol at the center of your [http://www.laptop.org/laptop/start/homeview.shtml Home View], launch the [[Terminal
activity]]

At the prompt, type just one of the following example commands:
sugar-control-panel -s color '''<outline color>'' '''<interior color>''' '''<outline shade>''' '''<interior shade>''' (press "Enter")

The first color you specify will apply to the XO figure's outline.
The second color will apply to the XO figure's interior color.

The optional '''shade''' values ma be ''light'', ''medium''. or ''dark''. They specify the darkness of the outline and interior color respectively.

To ensure that the color scheme you choose is readable when the display is in monochrome mode, the outline and internal light/medium/dark values can not be the same. If you try to make them the same, they will be silently set to be different.

Restart [[Sugar]] by pressing these 3 keys at once: Ctrl-Alt-Erase.

Bonus: a few [[Sugar Control Panel|extra tips on running sugar-control-panel]].

Latest revision as of 09:58, 14 February 2008