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.john...@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 > > -- > Ron Johnson, Jr. > Jefferson LA USA > > "I am not surprised, for we live long and are celebrated poopers." > > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject > of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org > > -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org