Re: easy numlock question
> well, leaving it in the rc2.d directory as per the initial suggestion, it ain't running
> at boot time . i am a little new to *nix, so bear with me :)
>
> the file is as follows:
> -rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 82 Aug 29 18:27 s20setleds
>
> i did notice that the rest of the entries in the dir are links (symbolic i guess)
>
> the script runs and works when i "sh s20setleds" but it don't run at bootup.
>
> Any help appreciated, Thanks!
>
> Mark
>
> Shaul Karl wrote:
>
> > > > The next script will turn numlock on for the first six consoles.
> > > >
> > > > #!/bin/sh
> > > > INITTY=/dev/tty[1-6]
> > > > for tty in $INITTY; do
> > > > setleds -D +num < $tty
Perhaps you should use the full path:
/usr/bin/setleds
> > > > done
> > > >
> > > > When you save it as /etc/rc2.d/S20setleds numlock will be set at
> > > > the system
> > > > startup.
> > >
> > > I haven't read everything Debian yet, but wouldn't you want to save the
> > > above scripts as something more like /etc/init.d/setleds, then:
> > >
> > > #chmod 0755 /etc/init.d/setleds
> > > #ln -s /etc/init.d/setleds /etc/rc2.d/S20setleds
> > >
> > > This woudl keep things in what seems to be the "Debian" way.
> > >
> >
> > Doesn't update-rc.d more appropriate?
> >
> > > Brooks
> > >
> > >
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