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From: Paul Hartman <paul.hartman+gentoo@gmail.com>
To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] How can I re-read the "error" messages during boot?
Date: Tue, 6 Sep 2011 16:12:59 -0500	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <CAEH5T2NrrM2cW_u2BFnxq2Q-jhf9_TNjDxAWiiQpm=X=GSbtoQ@mail.gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20110905151212.GA3121@ca.inter.net>

On Mon, Sep 5, 2011 at 10:12 AM, Philip Webb <purslow@ca.inter.net> wrote:
> 'Shift-PageUp' works for me: IIRC you have to set the line limit
> & that mb somewhere in the Kernel configuration.

If you use fbcon there is a kernel parameter to increase the buffer
size. I don't remember the exact command but it's in the docs.

I think the default buffer is 32k and can be increased up to 128k or
so. The size of your font may impact how many "pages" of scrollback
you get.



      reply	other threads:[~2011-09-06 21:15 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 7+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2011-09-05 13:47 [gentoo-user] How can I re-read the "error" messages during boot? Pandu Poluan
2011-09-05 14:03 ` Canek Peláez Valdés
2011-09-05 14:06 ` Alex Schuster
2011-09-05 14:21   ` Pandu Poluan
2011-09-05 14:15 ` David Abbott
2011-09-05 15:12 ` Philip Webb
2011-09-06 21:12   ` Paul Hartman [this message]

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