Re: Modify the scrollback buffer in console

2009-02-02 Thread Hugo Vanwoerkom
Ron Johnson 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

Re: Modify the scrollback buffer in console

2009-02-02 Thread Ron Johnson
On 02/02/2009 07:24 AM, Hugo Vanwoerkom wrote: Ron Johnson 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

Modify the scrollback buffer in console

2009-01-30 Thread Girish Venkatasubramanian
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

Re: Modify the scrollback buffer in console

2009-01-30 Thread Ron Johnson
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

Re: Modify the scrollback buffer in console

2009-01-30 Thread Girish Venkatasubramanian
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

Re: Modify the scrollback buffer in console

2009-01-30 Thread Tzafrir Cohen
On Fri, Jan 30, 2009 at 06:53:53PM -0500, 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

Re: Modify the scrollback buffer in console

2009-01-30 Thread Chris Jones
On Fri, Jan 30, 2009 at 06:53:53PM EST, Girish Venkatasubramanian wrote: [..] 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