Subject: Re: console scrollback ?
To: Zafer Aydogan <zafer@gmx.org>
From: Pavel Cahyna <pavel.cahyna@st.mff.cuni.cz>
List: netbsd-users
Date: 12/15/2004 12:37:16
On Wed, 08 Dec 2004 13:05:19 +0000, Zafer Aydogan wrote:

>>Christos Zoulas wrote:
>>
>>In article <28916.1092138648@www13.gmx.net>,
>>Zafer Aydogan <zafer@gmx.org> wrote:
>>  
>>
>>>Hello Newsgroup,
>>>
>>>is there a way to do a scrollback on a NetBSD console?
>>>SHIFT+PageUP does not work :/
>>>
>>>Regards, Zafer.
>>>    
>>>
>>
>>left-shift+fn+page-up should work in a current kernel.
>>
>>christos
>>
>>  
>>
>>What's "fn"? Function keys?
> 
> Heja Mailing-List,
> 
> Unfortunately, I still can't scroll up on the console or any of the ttyE*
> Terminals.
> Is there a way to do that, or is it planned to be done ?

Hello, I recently compiled a kernel based on 2.0_RC5 with

options         WSDISPLAY_SCROLLSUPPORT

in my config file and scrollback "just works" with Shift+Page Up, even on
the first virtual terminal (the console). I do not understand why isn't
this enabled by default.

Bye	Pavel