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On Wednesday 28 October 2009 20:10:52 Maxim Wexler wrote: |
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> > Not sure this is related with the OP's problem, I have noticed that |
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on my |
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> > system I can scroll up in a console if it displays the output of a |
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> > command, e.g. ls, but I cannot scroll up on the boot messages. Also, I |
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> > cannot scroll up on the log messages on VT12. Is there something that I |
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> > need to set up in the kernel? In the old days (perhaps different |
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> > machine?) I used to be able to |
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> > scroll up in both. |
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> Also note, if you migrate away from the boot console and then come |
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> back, it may not scrollback at all. If I want to see what boot is |
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> doing I scroll back immediately before running startx or moving to |
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> another console. |
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Maxim (or anyone else): |
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do you know what causes scrollback to be disabled once you move to a |
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different terminal? |
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Amit |
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