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From: "Jc García" <jyo.garcia@×××××.com>
To: gentoo-user@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] trying to turn numlock automatically in my ttys under systemd
Date: Fri, 20 Jun 2014 20:04:39
Message-Id: CAGQH77d3ep8Jpt=cYHswji-bWCrGvPqnEq-M7vEDH7kv9XAdfQ@mail.gmail.com
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-user] trying to turn numlock automatically in my ttys under systemd by Michael Cook
1 2014-06-20 13:52 GMT-06:00 Michael Cook <mcook@××××××.net>:
2 > On 06/20/2014 03:46 PM, covici@××××××××××.com wrote:
3 >>
4 >> Jc García <jyo.garcia@×××××.com> wrote:
5 >>
6 >>> 2014-06-20 11:26 GMT-06:00 <covici@××××××××××.com>:
7 >>>
8 >>>> I tried your idea of a shell script like this
9 >>>> [Service]
10 >>>> ExecStartPost=/bin/bash -c "setleds -D -num </dev/%I"
11 >>>
12 >>> I tried your line on my system, and rebooted, and didn't see any problem.
13 >>>
14 >>> I have:
15 >>>
16 >>> /etc/systemd/system/getty\@.service.d/numlock.conf:
17 >>> [Service]
18 >>> #ExecStartPost=-/bin/sh -c '/usr/bin/setleds -D -num </dev/%I'
19 >>> ExecStartPost=/bin/bash -c "/usr/bin/setleds -D -num </dev/%I"
20 >>>
21 >>>
22 >>> After reboot I logged in using tty1, here's the output of
23 >>>
24 >>> systemctl status -l getty@××××.service:
25 >>> -----
26 >>> ● getty@××××.service - Getty on tty1
27 >>> Loaded: loaded
28 >>>
29 >>> (/etc/systemd/system/getty.target.wants/../../../../usr/lib/systemd/system/getty@.service;
30 >>> enabled)
31 >>> Drop-In: /etc/systemd/system/getty@.service.d
32 >>> └─numlock.conf
33 >>> Active: active (running) since vie 2014-06-20 12:04:47 CST; 19min ago
34 >>> Docs: man:agetty(8)
35 >>> man:systemd-getty-generator(8)
36 >>> http://0pointer.de/blog/projects/serial-console.html
37 >>>
38 >>> ----->This line:
39 >>> Process: 625 ExecStartPost=/bin/bash -c /usr/bin/setleds -D -num
40 >>> </dev/%I (code=exited, status=0/SUCCESS)
41 >>>
42 >>>
43 >>> Main PID: 624 (login)
44 >>> CGroup: /system.slice/system-getty.slice/getty@××××.service
45 >>> ‣ 624 /bin/login --
46 >>>
47 >>> jun 20 12:05:17 jdesk login[624]: pam_unix(login:session): session
48 >>> opened for user jc by LOGIN(uid=0)
49 >>> -----
50 >>>
51 >>>> But it did not work, it kept restarting and systemd eventually refused
52 >>>> to start. When I commented out the line, it started OK.
53 >>>>
54 >>>
55 >>> Post the actual output you get from systemd when is trying to start a
56 >>> getty@ service, to see what's going on in your machine.
57 >>
58 >> OK, here is what I get when I enable the ExecStartPost line:
59 >>
60 >>
61 >> bash[28875]: KDGKBLED: Inappropriate ioctl for device
62 >> bash[28875]: Error reading current flags setting. Maybe you are not on
63 >> the console?
64 >> bash[28879]: KDGKBLED: Inappropriate ioctl for device
65 >> bash[28879]: Error reading current flags setting. Maybe you are not on
66 >> the console?
67 >> bash[28883]: KDGKBLED: Inappropriate ioctl for device
68 >> bash[28883]: Error reading current flags setting. Maybe you are not on
69 >> the console?
70
71 >> bash[28887]: KDGKBLED: Inappropriate ioctl for device
72 >> bash[28887]: Error reading current flags setting. Maybe you are not on
73 >> the console?
74 After I tried to switch back to setleds +num, in numlock.conf ,
75 without rebooting, I got into errors too.
76
77 >>
78 > % cat /etc/systemd/system/getty@.service.d/activate-numlock.conf
79 > [Service]
80
81 > ExecStartPre=/bin/sh -c 'setleds +num < /dev/%I'
82 But this ^ solved it, thanks for posting it Michael.
83
84 >
85 >
86 > That works here to turn numlock on (source ArchLinux wiki)
87 >