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Andy,

>>Note that a lot of users seem to disable it due to cpu use.  With
>>paneld running load average never drops below 1, at least on my raq1
> 
> Same here, Qube2.
> 
> Anyone check to see what it's actually doing?
> 
> This sounds a little newbie, but what exactly is paneld needed for? I
> can cat to /dev/lcd just fine...

Paneld lets you use the buttons to run other programs, just like on the 
Linux version that comes with the Qubes (and Raq's?). You can scroll 
through the list of menus, reconfigure network settings, shut down and 
restart the Qube, etc.

If you want, you can even hack the config file and put anything on that 
menu that you want, and have it execute any program in response to you 
selecting that menu item. Possibly useful for something like a network 
panic where you want to immediately halt incoming traffic on one of the 
NICs -- perhaps the one connected to the wild, wild Internet.

-chris


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