A scrollback buffer for the linux console
Calling scrollback /bin/bash in a linux console makes the shell run with a
scrollback buffer.
It can be called from .bashrc as well:
! $SCROLLBACK false && scrollback /bin/bash
Once checked that it works this way, it can be run to replace the current shell:
! $SCROLLBACK false && [ $(tty) != /dev/tty6 ] && \
scrollback -c /bin/bash && exec scrollback /bin/bash
The keys for scrolling are F11 and F12. The old combinations shift-pageup and
shift-pagedown can be used instead by calling scrollback -k at least once
as root. Alternatively, it is done by the included keymap file
compose.scrollback.
If a program refuses to run whining about VT_GETMODE, KDSETMODE or
something like that, try running it through vtdirect. For example, instead
of startx call vtdirect startx.