To scroll back you have to press <option>-<right arrow> that simulates a 
right-mouse click which allows you to scroll up.

Chris

On Tue, 7 Apr 1998, Jeffrey Ohlmann wrote:

> 
> Is the scrollback option in xterm not really available?  I have been
> reading "man xterm" and trying various things in my .xinitrc but have yet
> to get it to work.  Here's an excerpt from my .xinitrc:
> 
> 	xterm -C -sb -rv -geometry 80x34+0+0 -name console
> 
> I have tried adding "-sl 64" but that changed nothing.  I have the slider
> visible on the left and the cursor changes to a vertical arrow when
> positioned over the slider channel, but there is no scrollback.
> 
> Also: I'd like a good book on X in general.  Any recommendations?  The
> only text I've seen is "The Joy of X", which looked okay to me (and has a
> spiffy title).
> 
> 
> Thanks,
> 
> 
> Jeffrey Ohlmann
> 
>