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init.d/numlock

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+#!/sbin/runscript
+# Copyright (c) 2007-2009 Roy Marples <roy@marples.name>
+# Released under the 2-clause BSD license.
+
+description="Turns numlock on for the consoles."
+
+ttyn=${rc_tty_number:-${RC_TTY_NUMBER:-12}}
+
+depend()
+{
+	need localmount
+	keyword -openvz -prefix -vserver -lxc
+}
+
+_setleds()
+{
+	[ -z "$1" ] && return 1
+
+	local dev=/dev/tty t= i=1 retval=0
+	[ -d /dev/vc ] && dev=/dev/vc/
+
+	while [ $i -le $ttyn ]; do
+		setleds -D "$1"num < $dev$i || retval=1
+		: $(( i += 1 ))
+	done
+
+	return $retval
+}
+
+start()
+{
+	ebegin "Enabling numlock on ttys"
+	_setleds +
+	eend $? "Failed to enable numlock"
+}
+
+stop()
+{
+	ebegin "Disabling numlock on ttys"
+	_setleds -
+	eend $? "Failed to disable numlock"
+}