Re: [gentoo-user] Short history in terminal (without X)
On Thursday 15 February 2007 17:01, Willie Wong wrote: > On Thu, Feb 15, 2007 at 05:11:36PM +0100, Penguin Lover Roman Naumann squawked: > > How can I make the history buffer larger, or - if possible - set it > > infinitely large. (Just as the "Konsole" of KDE.) > > This might help: > http://linux.inet.hr/soft_scrollback_for_the_linux_vga_console.html For some reason this won't work on my laptop. Shift+Pg up won't scroll whatsoever. As if there's no buffer at all. :( -- Regards, Mick pgpoNKBGR0H0l.pgp Description: PGP signature
Re: [gentoo-user] Short history in terminal (without X)
On Thu, 15 Feb 2007 19:29:54 +0100 Jakob Buchgraber <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > does someone know, how to increase the "history-buffer's size" of > > the terminal? > > How can I make the history buffer larger, or - if possible - set it > > infinitely large. (Just as the "Konsole" of KDE.) > To make it "infinitely" large you can set the variable HISTSIZE to > some huge value like > export HISTSIZE=1 Isn't that for bash's command history? I'm pretty sure it is. What you want, Roman, is a kernel parameter: Device Drivers---> Graphics support---> Console display driver support---> --- VGA text console [ ] Enable Scrollback Buffer in System RAM (64)Scrollback Buffer Size (in KB) (NEW) As the help says, "Each 64KB will give you approximately 16 80x25 screenfuls of scrollback buffer." This is the buffer accessed by pressing Shift+PgUp at the console. > > Another inconvenient thing is that the buffer seems to "forget" > > everything except the last screen of text, if I switch to another > > terminal. (alt + F2 for instance). Each console probably has its own buffer, doesn't it? Just like different terminals or different xterm windows? -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
Re: [gentoo-user] Short history in terminal (without X)
On Thursday 15 February 2007, Roman Naumann wrote: > Hi, > > does someone know, how to increase the "history-buffer's size" of the > terminal? (and I mean the pure terminal, without an X-Server) > I mean, if I use some commands producing plenty of output, I cannot > scroll to the beginning of the text quite often, because the history > buffer is to small. Sounds like you want to increase the kernel's scrollback buffer size for the terminal. In make menuconfig, it's Device Drivers -> Graphics Support -> Scrollback buffer size > Another inconvenient thing is that the buffer seems to "forget" > everything except the last screen of text, if I switch to another > terminal. (alt + F2 for instance). Sorry, can't help with that one. If it's any consolation, I've also been looking for a solution to that for ages alan -- Optimists say the glass is half full, Pessimists say the glass is half empty, Developers say wtf is the glass twice as big as it needs to be? Alan McKinnon alan at linuxholdings dot co dot za +27 82, double three seven, one nine three five -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
Re: [gentoo-user] Short history in terminal (without X)
FuziOK wrote: Jakob Buchgraber wrote: Roman Naumann wrote: Hi, does someone know, how to increase the "history-buffer's size" of the terminal? (and I mean the pure terminal, without an X-Server) I mean, if I use some commands producing plenty of output, I cannot scroll to the beginning of the text quite often, because the history buffer is to small. Another inconvenient thing is that the buffer seems to "forget" everything except the last screen of text, if I switch to another terminal. (alt + F2 for instance). How can I make the history buffer larger, or - if possible - set it infinitely large. (Just as the "Konsole" of KDE.) Thanks, Roman Naumann. To make it "infinitely" large you can set the variable HISTSIZE to some huge value like export HISTSIZE=1 You could try setting the history to infinitely in Konsole and then do echo $HISTSIZE Cheers, Jay HISTSIZE is used in shell as the number of commands to save in a history list, but cannot increase the "history-buffer's size" of the terminal. Yes. I was just reading too fast. I noticed this myself after already having sent the e-mail. I am sorry. Cheers, Jay -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
Re: [gentoo-user] Short history in terminal (without X)
Jakob Buchgraber wrote: Roman Naumann wrote: Hi, does someone know, how to increase the "history-buffer's size" of the terminal? (and I mean the pure terminal, without an X-Server) I mean, if I use some commands producing plenty of output, I cannot scroll to the beginning of the text quite often, because the history buffer is to small. Another inconvenient thing is that the buffer seems to "forget" everything except the last screen of text, if I switch to another terminal. (alt + F2 for instance). How can I make the history buffer larger, or - if possible - set it infinitely large. (Just as the "Konsole" of KDE.) Thanks, Roman Naumann. To make it "infinitely" large you can set the variable HISTSIZE to some huge value like export HISTSIZE=1 You could try setting the history to infinitely in Konsole and then do echo $HISTSIZE Cheers, Jay HISTSIZE is used in shell as the number of commands to save in a history list, but cannot increase the "history-buffer's size" of the terminal. -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
Re: [gentoo-user] Short history in terminal (without X)
Roman Naumann wrote: Hi, does someone know, how to increase the "history-buffer's size" of the terminal? (and I mean the pure terminal, without an X-Server) I mean, if I use some commands producing plenty of output, I cannot scroll to the beginning of the text quite often, because the history buffer is to small. Another inconvenient thing is that the buffer seems to "forget" everything except the last screen of text, if I switch to another terminal. (alt + F2 for instance). How can I make the history buffer larger, or - if possible - set it infinitely large. (Just as the "Konsole" of KDE.) Thanks, Roman Naumann. To make it "infinitely" large you can set the variable HISTSIZE to some huge value like export HISTSIZE=1 You could try setting the history to infinitely in Konsole and then do echo $HISTSIZE Cheers, Jay -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
Re: [gentoo-user] Short history in terminal (without X)
Roman Naumann 写道: > Hi, > > does someone know, how to increase the "history-buffer's size" of the > terminal? (and I mean the pure terminal, without an X-Server) > I mean, if I use some commands producing plenty of output, I cannot scroll to > the beginning of the text quite often, because the history buffer is to > small. > > Another inconvenient thing is that the buffer seems to "forget" everything > except the last screen of text, if I switch to another terminal. (alt + F2 > for instance). > > How can I make the history buffer larger, or - if possible - set it > infinitely large. (Just as the "Konsole" of KDE.) > > Thanks, > > Roman Naumann. > Try screen. http://www.gnu.org/software/screen But I like to use tee: command 2>&1 | tee output -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
Re: [gentoo-user] Short history in terminal (without X)
On 2/15/07, Roman Naumann <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Hi, does someone know, how to increase the "history-buffer's size" of the terminal? (and I mean the pure terminal, without an X-Server) I mean, if I use some commands producing plenty of output, I cannot scroll to the beginning of the text quite often, because the history buffer is to small. Another inconvenient thing is that the buffer seems to "forget" everything except the last screen of text, if I switch to another terminal. (alt + F2 for instance). How can I make the history buffer larger, or - if possible - set it infinitely large. (Just as the "Konsole" of KDE.) Thanks, Roman Naumann. I don't know about making it "infinitely" large, but you can have a scrollable console history with vesafb (probably with other framebuffers aswell, but I've only had experience with vesafb). Check out /usr/src/linux/Documentation/fb/vesafb.txt for more information. You'll have to compile your kernel with vesafb, and run the vga kernel argument to set the size of the console. I believe there is some sort of kernel option (that you should be able to find with a minimum of searching) that sets the size of the buffer in bytes... From there, it is as easy as pressing shift-pgup and shift-pgdown to scroll through your buffer. Hope this helps. -- -·=»Ðŧħ«=·-
[gentoo-user] Short history in terminal (without X)
Hi, does someone know, how to increase the "history-buffer's size" of the terminal? (and I mean the pure terminal, without an X-Server) I mean, if I use some commands producing plenty of output, I cannot scroll to the beginning of the text quite often, because the history buffer is to small. Another inconvenient thing is that the buffer seems to "forget" everything except the last screen of text, if I switch to another terminal. (alt + F2 for instance). How can I make the history buffer larger, or - if possible - set it infinitely large. (Just as the "Konsole" of KDE.) Thanks, Roman Naumann. pgpbMK8jMfPxJ.pgp Description: PGP signature
