Re: Modify the scrollback buffer in console
Thx for the link. I realized I was searching for the wrong option.
>From the link, I see that this apporach seems to have mixed success -
so I am trying this and will report back on how it goes.
Thanks again.
On Fri, Jan 30, 2009 at 7:02 PM, Ron Johnson <ron.l.johnson@cox.net> wrote:
> On 01/30/2009 05:53 PM, Girish Venkatasubramanian wrote:
>>
>> Hello,
>> I am desperately trying to find out how to increase the size of the
>> scrollback buffer in the non-graphical mode console (no X).
>>
>> I am running a stock debian etch distribution without any X manager,
>> starting in runlevel 2. The machine boots up and I sign into the
>> console. Then, say I do an "ls -R /". This command will produce many
>> screens of output. Using the Shift+PgUp, I can scrollback by a few
>> screens-worth of lines - but the number of lines I can scrollback is
>> limited. I would like to increase this.
>>
>> I need this to watch the output of some long running make (and
>> redirecting the output to a file does not work satisfactorily). I have
>> thought about using screen, but if there is a way to do it natively,
>> that would work the best.
>
> Google says...
> http://www.linuxinsight.com/soft_scrollback_for_the_linux_vga_console.html
>
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