> > 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
