http://www.thelinuxwiki.com/index.php?action=history&feed=atom&title=terminal_scrollbar_not_working 2026-04-29T04:52:41Z Revision history for this page on the wiki MediaWiki 1.21.5 http://www.thelinuxwiki.com/index.php?title=terminal_scrollbar_not_working&diff=1330&oldid=prev 2020-08-10T13:58:13Z

<p></p> <table class='diff diff-contentalign-left'> <col class='diff-marker' /> <col class='diff-content' /> <col class='diff-marker' /> <col class='diff-content' /> <tr style='vertical-align: top;'> <td colspan='2' style="background-color: white; color:black; text-align: center;">← Older revision</td> <td colspan='2' style="background-color: white; color:black; text-align: center;">Revision as of 13:58, 10 August 2020</td> </tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno">Line 1:</td> <td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno">Line 1:</td></tr> <tr><td class='diff-marker'>−</td><td style="color:black; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div><del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">below solution taken from [https</del>:<del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">//askubuntu.com/questions/123206/</del>terminal<del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">-output-scrolling-is-gone-headless-11-10-server-upgraded-from-10-10 askubuntu</del>.<del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">com]</del></div></td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="color:black; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div><ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">problem</ins>: terminal <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">scrollbar sometimes stops working</ins>.</div></td></tr> <tr><td class='diff-marker'>&#160;</td><td style="background-color: #f9f9f9; color: #333333; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #e6e6e6; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"></td><td class='diff-marker'>&#160;</td><td style="background-color: #f9f9f9; color: #333333; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #e6e6e6; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"></td></tr> <tr><td colspan="2">&#160;</td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="color:black; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div><ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">below solution taken from [https://askubuntu.com/questions/123206/terminal-output-scrolling-is-gone-headless-11-10-server-upgraded-from-10-10 askubuntu.com]</ins></div></td></tr> <tr><td class='diff-marker'>&#160;</td><td style="background-color: #f9f9f9; color: #333333; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #e6e6e6; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"></td><td class='diff-marker'>&#160;</td><td style="background-color: #f9f9f9; color: #333333; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #e6e6e6; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"></td></tr> <tr><td class='diff-marker'>&#160;</td><td style="background-color: #f9f9f9; color: #333333; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #e6e6e6; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>The behaviour you describe sounds like your terminal was stuck in the full screen &quot;cursor addressing&quot; mode used by tools like less and vi.</div></td><td class='diff-marker'>&#160;</td><td style="background-color: #f9f9f9; color: #333333; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #e6e6e6; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>The behaviour you describe sounds like your terminal was stuck in the full screen &quot;cursor addressing&quot; mode used by tools like less and vi.</div></td></tr> </table>

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<p>Created page with &quot;below solution taken from [https://askubuntu.com/questions/123206/terminal-output-scrolling-is-gone-headless-11-10-server-upgraded-from-10-10 askubuntu.com] The behaviour yo...&quot;</p> <p><b>New page</b></p><div>below solution taken from [https://askubuntu.com/questions/123206/terminal-output-scrolling-is-gone-headless-11-10-server-upgraded-from-10-10 askubuntu.com]<br /> <br /> <br /> The behaviour you describe sounds like your terminal was stuck in the full screen &quot;cursor addressing&quot; mode used by tools like less and vi.<br /> <br /> The mode can become stuck if those programs do not exit cleanly. For instance, if you kill -9 them, or are running them through an ssh session that disconnects. You can exit this terminal mode by running the following command:<br /> <br /> try <br /> <br /> $ tput rmcup<br /> <br /> or<br /> <br /> $ tput reset</div>

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