Re: Is it possible to scroll back and see bootup messages on console?

1998-11-27 Thread Adam Lazur
Thus spake Stan Brown ([EMAIL PROTECTED]): In FreeBSD, you can hit the {Scroll Lock} button and scroll back on the console using {Page Up and {Page Donw} keys. Is there anything similar in Debian? as mentioned before... I think the shift page up/down combo works... but if

Re: Is it possible to scroll back and see bootup messages on console?

1998-11-27 Thread Cesare Tagliaferri
On Thu, 26 Nov 1998, Stan Brown wrote: In FreeBSD, you can hit the {Scroll Lock} button and scroll back on the console using {Page Up and {Page Donw} keys. Is there anything similar in Debian? It is possible with SHIFT+PGUP, but you can also look at boot kernel messages by the

Re: Is it possible to scroll back and see bootup messages on console?

1998-11-27 Thread E.L. Meijer \(Eric\)
On Thu, 26 Nov 1998, Stan Brown wrote: In FreeBSD, you can hit the {Scroll Lock} button and scroll back on the console using {Page Up and {Page Donw} keys. Is there anything similar in Debian? Sure. Shift-PageUp and Shift-PageDown. At least, they work in xterms. I

Re: Is it possible to scroll back and see bootup messages on console?

1998-11-27 Thread John Stevenson
Hello Debian Land... The best way to see all the messages is to not run any programs on tty1 (the first virtual terminal - also the default terminal). You can then scroll all the way back to the bios boot information using the shift+pageup key combination. So long as you run no programs (or

Is it possible to scroll back and see bootup messages on console?

1998-11-26 Thread Stan Brown
In FreeBSD, you can hit the {Scroll Lock} button and scroll back on the console using {Page Up and {Page Donw} keys. Is there anything similar in Debian? -- Stan Brown [EMAIL PROTECTED]770-996-6955 Factory Automation Systems

Re: Is it possible to scroll back and see bootup messages on console?

1998-11-26 Thread AJT60
On Thu, 26 Nov 1998, Stan Brown wrote: In FreeBSD, you can hit the {Scroll Lock} button and scroll back on the console using {Page Up and {Page Donw} keys. Is there anything similar in Debian? Sure. Shift-PageUp and Shift-PageDown. At least, they work in xterms. I