From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Sat Jan 24 20:34:02 2009 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 A27501065720 for ; Sat, 24 Jan 2009 20:34:02 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from tajudd@gmail.com) Received: from rv-out-0506.google.com (rv-out-0506.google.com [209.85.198.235]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 6E0E88FC19 for ; Sat, 24 Jan 2009 20:34:02 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from tajudd@gmail.com) Received: by rv-out-0506.google.com with SMTP id b25so5377685rvf.43 for ; Sat, 24 Jan 2009 12:34:02 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=domainkey-signature:received:received:message-id:date:from :user-agent:mime-version:to:cc:subject:references:in-reply-to :content-type:content-transfer-encoding; bh=3F1dWdTnWdWuY/Srbe7kovD8ToFkuexN4lSfEqllfK4=; b=q+1uCrQjQZyLGnKI96jDKQ2CR1u2xYL62U/7QcvzFzgxr6sxNwlD0mHER2m4ROrLGB luqsJ9/vXUSEQ+haNi9ycPkNVan72PAvUW+4jcOK2oCOrkPo1Sk3iJmtqDevDTwHMqJp vqhU3dQhhJbTDOH1QyBgr/6eiCyag/ExqsPw4= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=message-id:date:from:user-agent:mime-version:to:cc:subject :references:in-reply-to:content-type:content-transfer-encoding; b=vrnbqCcCUoXTXit5OQ6xeDK8bq1JvH+hFpNFIiV0dxAQFuEHr6heTNwUmtm3GLoctC EiIpcYHzgOXGwYPZTAMwN86D/dw/IekoAinHvo+8AKP6Lo8wLHmDbFBO9lBAtCEfn6+Q PtT8jOXL9z2N2h3kLZ8Ej+vs8PR+0pmvIPQb8= Received: by 10.140.139.4 with SMTP id m4mr5865888rvd.50.1232829242198; Sat, 24 Jan 2009 12:34:02 -0800 (PST) Received: from ?192.168.4.70? (c-68-35-57-46.hsd1.nm.comcast.net [68.35.57.46]) by mx.google.com with ESMTPS id f42sm10962018rvb.5.2009.01.24.12.34.00 (version=SSLv3 cipher=RC4-MD5); Sat, 24 Jan 2009 12:34:01 -0800 (PST) Message-ID: <497B7B50.6020201@gmail.com> Date: Sat, 24 Jan 2009 13:34:24 -0700 From: Tim Judd User-Agent: Thunderbird 2.0.0.19 (Windows/20081209) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Saifi Khan References: <9a52b1190901232301g3339fe3bi508b04ef3aef1a3e@mail.gmail.com> <497AC692.2080401@gmail.com> <20090124080755.GB63837@dan.emsphone.com> <9a52b1190901240300kbe38bc0j2d0ddb05cf26b6e7@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <9a52b1190901240300kbe38bc0j2d0ddb05cf26b6e7@mail.gmail.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: Dan Nelson , freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: how to scrollback in terminal 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: Sat, 24 Jan 2009 20:34:03 -0000 Saifi Khan wrote: > On Sat, Jan 24, 2009 at 8:07 AM, Dan Nelson wrote: >> In the last episode (Jan 24), Tim Judd said: >>> Saifi Khan wrote: >>>> i'd like to scrollback on the multi page output on the terminal in >>>> FreeBSD 7.1 >>>> >>>> SHIFT key + Pg Up doesn't seem to work. >>>> >>>> Can somebody post how to scrollback in terminal ? >>> scroll lock, and pgup >> After you hit scroll-lock, up/down/pgup/pgdn/home/end all work, you can >> copy and paste the history text with your mouse, and there's a separate >> history per VTY. You can also set the number of scrollback lines with >> the "vidcontrol -n ###" command. Significantly better than Linux's >> scrollback... >> >> -- >> Dan Nelson >> dnelson@allantgroup.com > > Thank you Tim and Dan for helping me out. > > The BSD model is more logical and straightforward. > Yes it is. As you get into BSD more, you'll find it makes more logical sense to stick with it, over Linux. Welcome to the group.