From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Sep 26 18:55:53 2007 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 9433716A419 for ; Wed, 26 Sep 2007 18:55:53 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from nospam@invalid.org) Received: from cartman.xxiii.com (cartman.xxiii.com [208.62.177.45]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4454E13C44B for ; Wed, 26 Sep 2007 18:55:53 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from nospam@invalid.org) Received: from [172.23.23.190] (lan23.xxiii.com [208.62.177.50]) by cartman.xxiii.com (8.13.8/8.13.8) with ESMTP id l8QIiepe034942 for ; Wed, 26 Sep 2007 14:44:41 -0400 (EDT) (envelope-from nospam@invalid.org) Message-ID: <46FAA89B.9090706@invalid.org> Date: Wed, 26 Sep 2007 14:44:43 -0400 From: Rob User-Agent: Thunderbird 1.5.0.13 (Windows/20070809) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: FreeBSD Questions References: <20070926171718.GA1155@mugin.localhost> <20070926182239.GA2992@ayn.mi.celestial.com> In-Reply-To: <20070926182239.GA2992@ayn.mi.celestial.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Subject: Re: Keyboard without Scroll Lock X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 26 Sep 2007 18:55:53 -0000 Bill Campbell wrote: >> just for info, if you happens to buy a keyboard without the Scroll Lock >> key, as I did (Logitech EX110), and are missing this function in consoles, > > A far simpler way is to use xoff/xon, ctrl-s stops things, and > ctrl-q restarts. Yeah, but that won't retrieve the stuff that already vanished; or is there another key sequence for that? the normally useless "scroll lock" will let you page back several screenfulls. -Rob [don't cc me; I'm subscribed and the reply addy is bogus]