--- a/usr/lib/dkms/dkms_autoinstaller	2011-07-21 23:06:55.000000000 +0000
+++ b/usr/lib/dkms/dkms_autoinstaller	2011-10-22 16:39:07.000000000 +0000
@@ -20,15 +20,28 @@
 if [ -f /lib/lsb/init-functions ]; then
     . /lib/lsb/init-functions
 fi
+
 #We only have these functions on debian/ubuntu
 # so on other distros just stub them out
 if [ ! -f /etc/debian_version ]; then
-    alias log_daemon_msg=/bin/echo
-    log_end_msg() { if [ "$1" = "0" ]; then echo " Done. "; else echo " Failed. "; fi }
-    alias log_action_begin_msg=log_daemon_msg
-    alias log_action_end_msg=log_end_msg
+    if [ -f /etc/arch-release -a -f /etc/rc.d/functions ]; then
+# ArchLinux
+	. /etc/rc.conf
+	. /etc/rc.d/functions
+	alias log_daemon_msg=stat_busy
+	log_end_msg() { if [ "$1" = "0" ]; then stat_done; else stat_fail; fi }
+	alias log_action_begin_msg=printhl
+	alias log_action_end_msg=true
+    else
+# Others/Unknown
+	alias log_daemon_msg=/bin/echo
+	log_end_msg() { if [ "$1" = "0" ]; then echo " Done. "; else echo " Failed. "; fi }
+	alias log_action_begin_msg=log_daemon_msg
+	alias log_action_end_msg=log_end_msg
+    fi
 fi
 
+# Guess kernel release
 if [ -n "$2" ]; then
     kernel="$2"
 else
@@ -38,7 +51,7 @@
 # See how we were called.
 case "$1" in
   start)
-    log_daemon_msg "dkms: running auto installation service for kernel $kernel"
+    log_daemon_msg "Service auto-install/update modules for kernel $kernel" "dkms"
     dkms autoinstall --kernelver $kernel
     log_end_msg $?
     ;;