--- slmodem.orig	2004-08-04 03:30:15.000000000 -0400
+++ slmodem.echo+status	2004-08-05 11:50:49.405351624 -0400
@@ -33,27 +33,27 @@
 	if [ "$?" -gt 0 ]
 	then
 		eerror "Missing ${MODULE}. Please set up /etc/conf.d/slmodem"
-		eend 1;
+		return 1;
     	fi
 
 	#sleep as per http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=47947#c59
 	ebegin "Waiting for ${MODULE} modem driver initialisation"
 	local COUNT=0
-	echo -e "${NORMAL}   "
-	echo -ne "${NORMAL}"
+	# 52 in the line below is number of characters in ebegin statement + 7
+	if [ "$RC_NOCOLOR" != "yes"]; then echo -ne "\e[A\e[52G"; fi
 	while [ ! -c ${MDEV} -a ${COUNT} -lt 5 ];
 	do
 		sleep 0.5
-		echo -ne "."
+		echo -n "."
 		COUNT=`expr ${COUNT} + 1`
    	done
     
-	echo -ne "\n"
+	if [ "$RC_NOCOLOR" != "yes" ]; then echo; fi
     
 	if [ ! -c ${MDEV} ];
 	then
 		eerror "Module - ${MODULE} failed to initialise device ${MDEV}"
-		eend 1
+		return 1
 	else
 		eend 0 
 	fi
@@ -92,16 +92,16 @@
 	if [ ! "${MODULE}" == "alsa" ];
 	then
 		ebegin "Waiting for ${MODULE} modem driver unload"
-		echo -e "${NORMAL}   "
-		echo -ne "${NORMAL}"
+		# 44 is number of characters in ebegin statement + 7
+		if [ "$RC_NOCOLOR" != "yes"]; then echo -ne "\e[A\e[44G"; fi
 		for ((a=0,result=1; result==1 && a <= 5 ; a++))
 		do
 			sleep 0.25
-			echo -ne "."
+			echo -n "."
 			modprobe -r slamr 2> /dev/null && result=0
 		done
-		echo -ne "\n"
-		eend ${result}
+		if [ "$RC_NOCOLOR" != "yes" ]; then echo; fi
 	fi
 	unlink ${LN_DEV} 2> /dev/null
+	eend ${result}
 }