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Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] strange dmesg output - RESOLVED
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>
> Not sure this is related with the OP's problem, I have noticed that on my
> system I can scroll up in a console if it displays the output of a command,
> e.g. ls, but I cannot scroll up on the boot messages.  Also, I cannot scroll
> up on the log messages on VT12.  Is there something that I need to set up in
> the kernel?  In the old days (perhaps different machine?) I used to be able
> to
> scroll up in both.

On my unit, /var/log/messages re-iterates F12. If I want to read  it I
use less, tail, grep in a terminal as root.

Also note, if you migrate away from the boot console and then come
back, it may not scrollback at all.  If I want to see what boot is
doing I scroll back immediately before running startx or moving to
another console.

HTH