Date: Mon, 5 Oct 2015 19:56:38 +0200 From: Polytropon <freebsd@edvax.de> To: "Jeffrey A. Serio" <serio.jeffrey@gmail.com> Cc: FreeBSD Questions !!!! <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: Install issues Message-ID: <20151005195638.ebdc206c.freebsd@edvax.de> In-Reply-To: <87bncdqkdr.fsf@gmail.com> References: <5612938F.4080508@hiwaay.net> <20151005173644.d3b9c5ce.freebsd@edvax.de> <87bncdqkdr.fsf@gmail.com>
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On Mon, 05 Oct 2015 12:45:52 -0500, Jeffrey A. Serio wrote: > > 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(?). You can use the Pause / Break key instead - it has the same function as the Scroll Lock key on the text mode console. You could - in worst case - also define a custom key or key combination as a new key mapping and load it, giving the scoll functionality to something that exists physically on the keyboard. -- Polytropon Magdeburg, Germany Happy FreeBSD user since 4.0 Andra moi ennepe, Mousa, ...
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