Gentoo Archives: gentoo-user

From: Paul Hartman <paul.hartman+gentoo@×××××.com>
To: gentoo-user@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] How can I re-read the "error" messages during boot?
Date: Tue, 06 Sep 2011 21:15:29
Message-Id: CAEH5T2NrrM2cW_u2BFnxq2Q-jhf9_TNjDxAWiiQpm=X=GSbtoQ@mail.gmail.com
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-user] How can I re-read the "error" messages during boot? by Philip Webb
1 On Mon, Sep 5, 2011 at 10:12 AM, Philip Webb <purslow@××××××××.net> wrote:
2 > 'Shift-PageUp' works for me: IIRC you have to set the line limit
3 > & that mb somewhere in the Kernel configuration.
4
5 If you use fbcon there is a kernel parameter to increase the buffer
6 size. I don't remember the exact command but it's in the docs.
7
8 I think the default buffer is 32k and can be increased up to 128k or
9 so. The size of your font may impact how many "pages" of scrollback
10 you get.