Date: Mon, 05 Oct 2015 12:45:52 -0500 From: Jeffrey A. Serio <serio.jeffrey@gmail.com> To: Polytropon <freebsd@edvax.de> Cc: "William A. Mahaffey III" <wam@hiwaay.net>, FreeBSD Questions !!!! <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: Install issues Message-ID: <87bncdqkdr.fsf@gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <20151005173644.d3b9c5ce.freebsd@edvax.de> References: <5612938F.4080508@hiwaay.net> <20151005173644.d3b9c5ce.freebsd@edvax.de>
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Polytropon writes: >> I never found a magic key-stroke combo to page up in >> console mode, so I am mostly in the dark. > > There is a nice little key, called "Scroll Lock", and it actually > does what's printed on it: it locks the screen (cursor disappears) > and you can use the vertical cursor keys and page keys to scroll > up and down. Press the lock key again, and you can continue where > you left the screen. Maybe the key is so old and so obvious that > you didn't see it. :-) > > No, seriously: Scroll Lock isn't supported on many systems to > work as it should. FreeBSD is an excellent exception here. Some newer keyboards don't provide a scroll lock key, or even a num lock key. I know mine doesn't. Perhaps there is another magic key-stroke combination that functions as scoll lock(?). -- Sent with my mu4e
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