diff --git a/main/ttyescape/APKBUILD b/main/ttyescape/APKBUILD
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+++ b/main/ttyescape/APKBUILD
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+# Maintainer: Caleb Connolly <caleb@connolly.tech>
+pkgname=ttyescape
+pkgver=0.1
+pkgrel=0
+pkgdesc="Daemon to allow users to escape to a tty"
+url="https://postmarketos.org"
+arch="all"
+license="GPL-3.0-or-later"
+depends="triggerhappy fbkeyboard terminus-font kbd"
+install="$pkgname.post-install"
+source="
+	togglevt.sh
+	ttyescape-triggerhappy.conf
+	etc-conf-d-ttyescape.conf
+"
+options="!check"
+
+package() {
+	install -Dm755 "$srcdir"/togglevt.sh \
+		"$pkgdir"/usr/bin/togglevt.sh
+
+	install -Dm755 "$srcdir"/ttyescape-triggerhappy.conf \
+		"$pkgdir"/etc/triggerhappy/triggers.d/ttyescape.conf
+
+	install -Dm755 "$srcdir"/etc-conf-d-ttyescape.conf \
+		"$pkgdir"/etc/conf.d/ttyescape.conf
+}
+
+sha512sums="
+5a56740678073c72c1952e36742fb0786f932e718835c39502ab51f9731426e2b8479de38d4c44c35bc84a895b74ea0dc7bd39fd9eb89b603973ed6e43abb377  togglevt.sh
+f8bf3273cf87392ab2092a005417bc58cb3ae6ad25b9118b76c68481d9d8fc7d964a9d16fc7645f6f9ff0676dccd381be3b846464b2e60a6452b8c883bffb6f1  ttyescape-triggerhappy.conf
+5429c7029e6db292cccbd4d5fdb4eb07cbbe050fe886784ebb1f88d790de35c06714c2ad38d366d88ed78a09d4d20e0826541f8f578885384ff6b033ac606af8  etc-conf-d-ttyescape.conf
+"
diff --git a/main/ttyescape/etc-conf-d-ttyescape.conf b/main/ttyescape/etc-conf-d-ttyescape.conf
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index 000000000..e60292b7e
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+++ b/main/ttyescape/etc-conf-d-ttyescape.conf
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+
+# tty font to use
+FONT="/usr/share/consolefonts/ter-128n.psf.gz"
+# Number of times the power button must be pressed whilst volume down
+# is being held to trigger the tty switch
+PRESSCOUNT=3
+# tmpfile to use for counting state
+TMPFILE="/tmp/ttyescape.tmp"
diff --git a/main/ttyescape/togglevt.sh b/main/ttyescape/togglevt.sh
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+++ b/main/ttyescape/togglevt.sh
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+#!/bin/sh
+
+# Toggle between tty1 and tty2, launching fbkeyboard when on tty2
+# THIS SCRIPT MUST BE RUN AS ROOT
+# usage:
+# togglevt.sh <state>
+# where <state> is an optional arg to require that a counter be incremented before the action
+# is performed. The default configuration will perform the switch when the power button has
+# been pressed 3 times whilst the volume down button is being held.
+# if no arguments are specified the switch will occur immediately.
+
+[ "$(whoami)" != root ] && echo "This must be run as root" && exit 1
+
+# shellcheck disable=SC1091
+test -f /etc/conf.d/ttyescape.conf && . /etc/conf.d/ttyescape.conf
+
+# default font, override this by setting it in /etc/conf.d/ttyescape.conf
+FONT="${FONT:-/usr/share/consolefonts/ter-128n.psf.gz}"
+# amount of times power must be pressed to trigger
+PRESSCOUNT="${PRESSCOUNT:-3}"
+TMPFILE="${TMPFILE:-/tmp/ttyescape.tmp}"
+
+if [ ! -e /dev/uinput ]; then
+	if ! modprobe -q uinput; then
+		echo "uinput module not available, please enable it in your kernel"
+	fi
+fi
+
+switchtty() {
+	currentvt=$(cat /sys/devices/virtual/tty/tty0/active)
+
+	if [ "$currentvt" = "tty2" ]; then # switch to tty1 with normal UI
+		chvt 1
+		killall fbkeyboard
+	else # Switch to tty2 with fbkeyboard
+		setfont "$FONT" -C /dev/tty2
+		chvt 2
+		# sometimes fbkeyboard can be running already, we shouldn't start it in that case
+		[ "$(pgrep fbkeyboard)" ] || nohup fbkeyboard -r "$(cat /sys/class/graphics/fbcon/rotate)" &
+	fi
+}
+
+# If we receive a command that isn't start
+# and we don't have the file used to count
+# then we should do nothing
+if [ -n "$1" ] && [ "$1" != "start" ] && [ ! -f "$TMPFILE" ]; then
+	exit 0
+fi
+
+case "$1" in
+	# No args means just DO IT
+	"")
+		switchtty
+		;;
+	# Start counting, this should
+	# run when voldown is pressed
+	"start")
+		echo "0" > "$TMPFILE"
+		;;
+	# Run when voldown releases
+	"reset")
+		rm "$TMPFILE"
+		;;
+	# Run when power pressed while
+	# voldown is pressed
+	"inc")
+		val="$(cat "$TMPFILE")"
+		val=$((val+1))
+		if [ $val -eq "$PRESSCOUNT" ]; then
+			rm "$TMPFILE"
+			switchtty
+		else
+			echo "$val" > "$TMPFILE"
+		fi
+		;;
+	*)
+esac
diff --git a/main/ttyescape/ttyescape-triggerhappy.conf b/main/ttyescape/ttyescape-triggerhappy.conf
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index 000000000..ae37533f7
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+++ b/main/ttyescape/ttyescape-triggerhappy.conf
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+KEY_POWER+KEY_VOLUMEDOWN  0   /usr/bin/togglevt.sh inc
+KEY_VOLUMEDOWN            1   /usr/bin/togglevt.sh start
+KEY_VOLUMEDOWN            0   /usr/bin/togglevt.sh reset
+# noop to prevent garbage being typed in console
+KEY_VOLUMEDOWN            2   /bin/true
diff --git a/main/ttyescape/ttyescape.post-install b/main/ttyescape/ttyescape.post-install
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index 000000000..a304cd294
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+++ b/main/ttyescape/ttyescape.post-install
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+#!/bin/sh
+
+# Enable triggerhappy
+rc-update -q add triggerhappy default