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When I realized, achtually, I don't really need other people (i.imgur.com)
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However, I will keep you guys around, for now ...

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[–] 15 points 2 years ago (1 child)

If you're talking about pure TTY, the scroll-back feature was removed since Linux 5.9 due to being unmaintained. Here's the removal note.

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  • [–] [S] 0 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    Thanks ! I could swear it used to be possible.

    I assumed that debian/proxmox were using a stripped down tty console to save memory on something rarely used.

    I did not realize this was part of the kernel.

    Not having scrollback makes the console much much worse in my opinion. A scrollback with unspecified glitching would have been way better than no scrollback at all, in those few cases where you actually have to use them all.

    I suspect all consoles will eventually be removed as they get more crippled and people use them even less.

    Why does it have to live in the kernel at all anyway !

    Chatgpt suggest trying KMSCON or systemd-consoled or FBTerm instead

    https://chat.openai.com/share/a04efe19-0743-4534-9e2e-d72c16fdd464

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