[mythtv-users] OT: Increasing Console Buffer Size in Fedora

[R. G. Newbury]

David George wrote:
> On 12/05/2007 10:59 AM, R. G. Newbury wrote:
>> The env variable HISTSIZE sets the size of the buffer which keeps your 
>> command history.
>>
>> Does anyone know how to increase the size of the console display buffer?
>> Is this an env variable?
>>
>> I want to increase the size of whatever it is that keeps console screen 
>> output so I can scroll back "further in time" in the output.
>>   
> I don't know of any way to change the console scrollback buffer.  
> Careful if you switch between console vt's because it clears the 
> scrollback.  Anyway probably easiest way it to do it inside a command 
> prompt in a GUI.  Usually their scrollback buffers are configurable.


I don't follow what you mean by 'in a GUI'. I'm running this in a 
console window...


> 
> mythfilldatabase > mfd.log 2>&1

Thanks, but you lost the match-race for fastest fingers to jra...who 
answered the same way. And it's possibly a better answer than changing 
the buffer size...when it works. I will check...

Geoff


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