Re: [gentoo-user] trying to turn numlock automatically in my ttys under systemd

Jc García <jyo.garcia@×××××.com> wrote:

> 2014-06-20 10:53 GMT-06:00  <covici@××××××××××.com>:
> > Canek Peláez Valdés <caneko@×××××.com> wrote:
> >
> >> On Fri, Jun 20, 2014 at 4:06 AM,  <covici@××××××××××.com> wrote:
> >> > Hi.  I want to turn numlock automatically, but I am using systemd and I
> >> > am having troubles doing this.  At someones suggestion in a previous
> >> > message (I think Canek's) I created
> >> > /etc/systemd/system/getty@service.d/numlock.conf with the following
> >> > contents
> >> >
> >> > [Service]
> >> > ExecStartPost=/usr/bin/setleds -D -num </dev/%I
> >> >
> >> >
> >> > However, setleds dies with the following error:
> >> > Jun 19 14:24:55 ccs.covici.com setleds[4878]: KDGKBLED: Inappropriate
> >> > ioctl for device
> >> > Jun 19 14:24:55 ccs.covici.com setleds[4878]: Error reading current
> >> > flags setting. Maybe you are not on the console?
> >> >
> >> > I tried to fool with chvt to make the console current, but no joy there.
> >> >
> >> > Any assistance would be appreciated.
> >>
> >> Could you post the exact invocation for setleds? It should be on the
> >> logs. I think the invocation for setleds shuld be:
> >>
> >> /usr/bin/setleds -D +num < /dev/%i
> >>
> >> The difference between %I (capital "i") and %i is only that %i escapes
> >> special symbols, but since it's only the string tty[1-N], I don't
> >> think it matters much.
> >>
> >> The exact invocation of setleds matters, so we can see if the template
> >> unit is generating the correct one.
> >
> > Thanks for your response,  First of all I want -num and not +num, but
> > that does not make any difference.  I am using your unit from
> > /usr/lib/systemd/system/getty@.service and add the following in the
> > .conf file
> > [Service]
> > ExecStartPost=/usr/bin/setleds -D -num </dev/%I
>
> Check my post above, I found the issue with running this  command , I
> wanted '+num' so thats the only diference.
>
> > The invocation is not in the logs, all I get is the following:
> > Jun 19 14:26:26 ccs.covici.com systemd[1]: Started Getty on tty8.
> > Jun 19 14:26:26 ccs.covici.com setleds[5100]: KDGKBLED: Inappropriate
> > ioctl for device
> > Jun 19 14:26:26 ccs.covici.com setleds[5100]: Error reading current
> > flags setting. Maybe you are not on the console?
> > Jun 19 14:26:26 ccs.covici.com systemd[1]: getty@××××.service: control
> > process exited, code=exited status=1
> > Jun 19 14:26:26 ccs.covici.com systemd[1]: Unit getty@××××.service
> > entered failed state.
> >
> > But I know that %I is tty8 or whatever the device is.  I checked with a
> > shell script to make sure.

I tried your idea of a shell script like this 
[Service]
ExecStartPost=/bin/bash -c "setleds -D -num </dev/%I"
But it did not work, it kept restarting and systemd eventually refused
to start.  When I commented out the line, it started OK.


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