Is there a way to scroll through terminal on the Server without GUI?

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Krusell
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Is there a way to scroll through terminal on the Server without GUI?

Post by Krusell » 2023/03/27 16:13:11

Hello,
I have installed 9Stream server without GUI via Oracle Virtual Box. I am not able to scroll through terminal output. Is that normal? Scroll wheel doesnt do anything an shift + page up/down also doesnt do anything. Is there really no way to do that or am I doing something wrong?

Also seems there is no copy paste functionality. Is that true?

Thank you

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jlehtone
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Re: Is there a way to scroll through terminal on the Server without GUI?

Post by jlehtone » 2023/03/27 17:48:50

The el9 kernel does not support buffers in virtual consoles. That is, only the lines that you do see are kept.
So no, nothing can "scroll".

Except ... you can redirect output to 'less', which does store all of the output, and then you can scroll.
(Don't know about mouse wheel. It has never occurred to me that the wheel could be used for something.)

If you do have mouse (pointer, with gpm.service), then you can select and paste.

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