Hi,
I would like to be able to scroll (with shift up/down) in virtual console (ctr+alt+f1/f2) but I can’t find how to do it with google 
I have OpenSUSE 11.4, with nvidia ion, mingetty on virtual console. I have vga=0x362 on grub boot option.
Thanks in advance.
<shift>+<Pg Up> and <shift>+<Pg down>
Is standard on a 'nix console. This pages up and down. If you want to scroll line at a time you will need a terminal emulator.
On 08/08/2011 06:36 AM, mhtrinh wrote:
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> I would like to be able to scroll
i assume you mean you put in a command which has a LONG output and you
want to be able to scroll up and down, if so just “pipe” the LONG output
through ‘less’, like
ls -hal | less
‘less’ is kinda like ‘more’ (try it too, enter to get the next block
down) but better as you go both ways with ‘less’
hit ‘q’ to get out of ‘less’ (or ‘more’) and back to a prompt
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That is it ! I mix up Up/Down keys ang PgUp/PgDown keys. It’s a bit tricky with my laptop and Fn key but it works. Thanks.
Is there a way to increase the number of line I can scroll back ? When you talk about “terminal emulator” do you mean using a “screen” command ?
@DenverD
Yes, I know the “less” trick. But I was searching for a method whitout piping. Thanks anyway 
Is there a way to increase the number of line I can scroll back ?
Not easily. The virtual console/framebuffer scrollback size is compiled into the kernel
When you talk about “terminal emulator” do you mean using a “screen” command ?
I did not have any particular terminal emulator in mind, but the GNU “screen” includes a passable vt100 emulator, and stuff like the scrollback buffer and paging sizes are onfigurable.
Ok. Thanks for your help. Recompiling kernel … is a bit too much for scrolling 2/3 pages. That explain why there is not much on the net …
Hi all,
did anybody notice, that the scroll back history (<shift>+<PGUP>|<shift>+<PGDWN>) is cleared, when changing the console (<Alt>+<F2>|<Alt>+<F1>)? In SUSE 10, the history was resistent, but since SUSE11, it is cleared…
Where can I change this back? I would like to scroll back, have a look on something in an other console, and come back and scroll back again.
I hope, somebody can give me a hint.
Thanks in advance
Thomas
I also have the clearing history issue on OpenSuse 12.1
Initially I thought that the scroll back broke once you switch console but in fact, as the history is cleared, there is no history to scroll back
did anybody notice, that the scroll back history (<shift>+<PGUP>|<shift>+<PGDWN>) is cleared, when changing the console (<Alt>+<F2>|<Alt>+<F1>)? In SUSE 10, the history was resistent, but since SUSE11, it is cleared…
This is another documented (bugzilla) bug with systemd in 12.1.
As far as I can tell, systemd is a “fashion” change to unreliable complexity with no, or minimal, benefit to the user.
In grub add the kernel parameter* init=/sbin/sysvinit* and check that sysvinit and sysvinit-init packages are installed.
I don’t think it’s only because of systemd. I don’t use systemd (as it’s for me still in testing phase and a lots of service does not implement yet the systemd startup process).
Thanks for the quick response - I tryed the init=/sbin/sysvinit command - but nothing changed…