Matthew Saltzman wrote: > On Fri, 2007-10-19 at 09:45 -0700, dreeser2-store@xxxxxxxxx wrote: >> I have wondered about this for a long time. Thanks >> for what you have provided. >> However; After putting in --noclear, it was stated >> that you could scroll the terminal to see the >> messages. I haven't been able to figure out how to do >> that. Could you give instructions. I am a screen >> farther than I used to be but would like to go back >> further, if possible. >> As a follow on, is there a way to freeze or print the >> bios messages that come up during boot describing the >> discs? >> I tried pushing the "PrintScr" button and either >> nothing happened or I don't know where to look for the >> output. >> Any help would be much appreciated. >> > > <shift>-PgUp and <shift>-PgDn I believe. > This will let you scroll back, with a couple of limits. One is that when you switch from one VT to another, you normally lose the scroll-back buffer for the first VT. I have not checked in a while, but the last time I tried it, shifting between a VT running X and one running the CLI would also do that. (Using a frame buffer for CLI is different, but is not the default on a PC.) You can sometimes pause the display using Ctrl-S or the Pause key. Printing the screen from the CLI is harder. I used to use something like "cat /dev/vcs1 > screen.txt" or "cat /dev/vcsa1 > screen.vcsa", but a normal user can no longer do that. If you have gpm running, you can copy and paste using hte mouse buttons to save the text to a file. Mikkel -- Do not meddle in the affairs of dragons, for thou art crunchy and taste good with Ketchup!
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