Linux – Scrollback not working in terminal window (ssh session)

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I have an ubuntu slice at slicehost, which means it is a DomU on a Xen host – and it's a pretty stripped down installation.

The thing that bugs me is that scrolling back in the terminal using shift-pgup doesn't work.

Can anybody tell me what package enables this scrollback functionality (so I can check if it is installed) – or if you have any other insights into why it might not be working, let me know.

(note: I am currently running screen with "defscrollback 1024" set, but it still doesn't work)

Best Answer

Add this to ~/.screenrc log out of screen and back in:

shell "/usr/bin/bash"
termcapinfo xterm* ti@:te@

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UPDATE: For an actual answer see zero_r's answer below

This isn't an answer, but a workaround. Use screen.

When you first log in, run screen. You get another shell, run commands in that. If you're disconnected, the screen process keeps the terminal alive so that your shell and the processes it is running don't fall over. When you reconnect, run 'screen -r' to resume.

There's a bunch more to configuring and using screen, but the above should workaround your problem.

Ssh – How to change size of remote ssh session in the terminal

What is you terminal application ? running on what OS ?

Perhaps what you are looking for is:

eval $(resize)

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