S.Toms wrote:
Most likely with GPM running and vi, pico or some other editor in another screen I'm assuming
Terry Eck wrote:
Sjoerd Hiemstra wrote:
There is a way though. Simply scroll back to the messages with Shift+PageUp. This works for the first console because in /etc/inittab the option --noclear is included in:
1:123:respawn:/sbin/mingetty --noclear tty1
In SuSE 6.3 anyway. So mingetty does not erase the messages. (With thanks to Jonathan Wilson for this information.) Now I managed to copy the consecutive screen contents into a text file.
By the way: if you have forgotten something, of course you can always find it back in the archive.
How did you manage to copy the screens into a text file?
Indeed, with GPM running (yast: System administration --> Integrate hardware into system --> Mouse configuration --> select protocol --> if not PS/2, select serial port --> confirmation message asking "Do you want to run gpm -t <protocol> -m /dev/mouse & at boot time?") And yes, I used pico. Any other editor wil do, I assume. Not necessarily in another screen. Using the same screen, scroll up and down a few times. Select text in screen by clicking on first character with left mouse button (the character is being inverted, i.e. light character on dark screen becomes dark character on light block) and, similarly, on last character with right mouse button. Everything in between is selected. This appears only to be working after first hitting the middle mouse button once. Or else, simply drag across whole screen while keeping left mouse button pressed. In the editor, press middle mouse button to paste selected text. It appears not to be possible to select all messages, that is, more than the contents of one screen, at once. SH -- To unsubscribe send e-mail to suse-linux-e-unsubscribe@suse.com For additional commands send e-mail to suse-linux-e-help@suse.com Also check the FAQ at http://www.suse.com/support/faq