# Consoles to be initialized

# INITTY=/dev/tty[1-9]*

INITTY=/dev/tty1

# set numlock and set metabit mode on all virtual consoles

for tty in $INITTY

do

	setleds -D +num < $tty > /dev/null

	setmetamode metabit < /dev/tty$t > /dev/null

done

# Cyrillic keyboard/console

setfont	Cyr_a8x16 -m koi2alt

loadkeys ru

# or: Latin1 keyboard/console

setfont lat1-16 -m trivial

loadkeys -d

# enable mapping

for tty in $INITTY

do

	echo -n -e "\\033(K" > $tty

done

# Opening a tty for reading or writing will create the corresponding

# console. So, probably you want to do the above not on all /dev/tty*

# but only on those where you start a getty. If the remaining ones

# are opened using "open -s -l bash", then a "setleds -D +num" or so

# in .profile will take care of the newly opened console.

# Let alt-uparrow (given at the shell prompt) create a new virtual console

#

loadkeys << EOF

alt keycode 103 = F100

string F100 = "open -l -s bash\n"

EOF

#

# Let alt-uparrow (anytime) create a new virtual console

# (watch out for security aspects!)

#

spawn_console&	# start a deamon that listens to the keyboard

loadkeys << EOF

alt keycode 103 = Spawn_Console

EOF