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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


== Nickname ==

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

To change the nickname type:
su
[[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]].''

== 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:
su
[[Sugar Control Panel|sugar-control-panel]] -s color '''<outline color>''' '''<interior color>''' '''<outline shade>''' '''<interior shade>''' (press "Enter")


The values for color are
* red
* orange
* yellow
* green
* blue
* purple

The optional '''shade''' values may 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]].

== Time Zone ==

To find out what timezones are available execute:

su
sugar-control-panel -h timezone

su
[[Sugar Control Panel|sugar-control-panel]] -s timezone America/Chicago
exit

This will set the timezone to that of Chicago (Central Time)


(See also: [[Test_Config_Notes#Fixing_XO_clock_Data|Fixing XO clock Data]])

== Airplane Mode ==

To turn off the XO Wireless while flying, use the sugar-control-panel:

su
sugar-control-panel -s radio off

* Wireless will be restored the next time the XO laptop is rebooted, regardless of the method used to disable wireless connectivity. Advanced users only: if you don't want wireless auto-restarting on reboot, log in as root and rename /lib/firmware/usb8388.bin -- remembering to restore this file later! Finally, ongoing work to improve this functionality can be tracked [http://dev.laptop.org/ticket/1406 here].

* For advanced users: another way to disable wireless is to use [[Airplane mode]].

Latest revision as of 09:58, 14 February 2008