[gentoo-user] Can the text based consoles be made scrollable?

2012-01-30 Thread Andrew Lowe
Hi all, I'm having a bit of trouble with KDE after a emerge world. Now when I log into my box at a text console, no X running at all, and attempt to do stuff to debug the problem the output scrolls off the top of the screen. Is there a way to make a standard bash shell/terminal/thingy

Re: [gentoo-user] Can the text based consoles be made scrollable?

2012-01-30 Thread Davide Carnovale
Did you tried shift + pgup? it will let you scroll a bit up. Opposite for shift +pgdown D Il giorno 30/gen/2012 11:56, Andrew Lowe a...@wht.com.au ha scritto: Hi all, I'm having a bit of trouble with KDE after a emerge world. Now when I log into my box at a text console, no X running

Re: [gentoo-user] Can the text based consoles be made scrollable?

2012-01-30 Thread Robert David
V Mon, 30 Jan 2012 18:55:16 +0800 Andrew Lowe a...@wht.com.au napsáno: Hi all, I'm having a bit of trouble with KDE after a emerge world. Now when I log into my box at a text console, no X running at all, and attempt to do stuff to debug the problem the output scrolls off the top of

Re: [gentoo-user] Can the text based consoles be made scrollable?

2012-01-30 Thread Jesús J . Guerrero Botella
If you need some more features, you might want to consider using a terminal multiplexer like tmux or gnu screen, which have their own scrollback buffer. -- Jesús Guerrero Botella

Re: [gentoo-user] Can the text based consoles be made scrollable?

2012-01-30 Thread Chris Brennan
2012/1/30 Jesús J. Guerrero Botella jesus.guerrero.bote...@gmail.com If you need some more features, you might want to consider using a terminal multiplexer like tmux or gnu screen, which have their own scrollback buffer. Both tmux and screen will suite the OP's needs, s/he should also

Re: [gentoo-user] Can the text based consoles be made scrollable?

2012-01-30 Thread Mick
On Monday 30 Jan 2012 11:40:04 Jesús J. Guerrero Botella wrote: If you need some more features, you might want to consider using a terminal multiplexer like tmux or gnu screen, which have their own scrollback buffer. If you have logged in a console you should be able to scroll up/down.

Re: [gentoo-user] Can the text based consoles be made scrollable?

2012-01-30 Thread Andrew Lowe
On 01/30/12 19:20, Robert David wrote: V Mon, 30 Jan 2012 18:55:16 +0800 Andrew Lowe a...@wht.com.au napsáno: Hi all, I'm having a bit of trouble with KDE after a emerge world. Now when I log into my box at a text console, no X running at all, and attempt to do stuff to debug the

Re: [gentoo-user] Can the text based consoles be made scrollable?

2012-01-30 Thread Florian Pougheon
Le 30/01/2012 16:03, Andrew Lowe a écrit : On 01/30/12 19:20, Robert David wrote: V Mon, 30 Jan 2012 18:55:16 +0800 Andrew Lowea...@wht.com.au napsáno: Hi all, I'm having a bit of trouble with KDE after a emerge world. Now when I log into my box at a text console, no X running at

Re: [gentoo-user] Can the text based consoles be made scrollable?

2012-01-30 Thread Florian Pougheon
Le 30/01/2012 16:33, Florian Pougheon a écrit : Le 30/01/2012 16:03, Andrew Lowe a écrit : On 01/30/12 19:20, Robert David wrote: V Mon, 30 Jan 2012 18:55:16 +0800 Andrew Lowea...@wht.com.au napsáno: Hi all, I'm having a bit of trouble with KDE after a emerge world. Now when I log into

Re: [gentoo-user] Can the text based consoles be made scrollable?

2012-01-30 Thread Jorge Martínez López
El lun, 30-01-2012 a las 08:54 -0500, Chris Brennan escribió: My personal preference is to use less, I find it to support my Vi/ViM habits more appropriately. Then you would love vimpager. Greetings, -- Jorge Martínez López

Re: [gentoo-user] Can the text based consoles be made scrollable?

2012-01-30 Thread Pandu Poluan
On Jan 31, 2012 3:04 AM, Jorge Martínez López jorg...@gmail.com wrote: El lun, 30-01-2012 a las 08:54 -0500, Chris Brennan escribió: My personal preference is to use less, I find it to support my Vi/ViM habits more appropriately. Then you would love vimpager. And vimmanpager :-)