On Sat, 21 Feb 1998, Nathan E Norman wrote: > On 20 Feb 1998, William R. Ward wrote: > > : Lindsay Allen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > : > On Tue, 10 Feb 1998, Hamish Moffatt wrote: > : > > On Mon, Feb 09, 1998 at 09:11:27PM -0500, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > : > > > How can you view the entire list of messeges that show when you boot > into > : > > > linux? It all either scrolls by too fast or too much read/decipher as > it > : > > > rolls off the top. Is there a file that mirrors that output or > someway I > : > > > can re-direct it to a file for perusal? > : > > > : > > dmesg will show you the kernel stuff, eg "dmesg | less". Most of > : > > it is in the logs in /var/log too. There's no way (that I know of) > : > > to see all the non-kernel stuff. > : > > : > I could shift/page right back to the bios messages after startup until I > : > upgraded svgatextmode (currently Version: 1.8-4.) Now I cannot go back > : > past whatever is on the screen when svgatextmode starts. Has anyone got a > : > fix for this? > : > : I've never seen much point in svgatextmode, personally - you can get > : 80x50 from LILO, isn't that enough? > > Sure, if you've got a 15" monitor, and have never used a 132 column > monitor. However, this argumant is pointless as it doesn't fulfill the > purpose of the list - address the user's question. > > At any rate, I believe the new version of stm resets the screen when it > starts, so that gpm will work as advertised (if you start gpm, then > start stm, and don't send a SIGWINCH (iirc) to gpm, it still thinks > you're in a 80x25 window. Ugly) I suppose this reset is causing your > inability to scroll back. > > I'm not a master with stm, gpm, but I think there is a way to _not_ run > stm on one of your consoles. Is there? If you don't use gpm, you could > comment out the reset program in the stm config file ... or, even if you > do use gpm you could try this. > > I'll try it out on my Compaq monday at work. Until then, this is mostly > conjecture. > > HTH,
I have spent quite some time on this one. Reverting to the bo svgatextmode does not help. The thing that makes the difference is the particular font chosen. If I use 80x25, 80x25x9 or 80x25x8 I can still scroll right back to the bios messages. But if I use 116x34x9 I cannot scroll back at all. It appears, then, that a significant change of font causes a reset. Thanks to all who helped. I guess I'll have to accept things as they are. Lindsay =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= Lindsay Allen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Perth, Western Australia voice +61 8 9316 2486 32.0125S 115.8445E vk6lj Debian Unix =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .
