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Ubuntu Server 16.04 console

Posted: 5. Aug 2016, 12:56
by spamme
Hello, I have installed a headless ubuntu server on a virtualbox and I use the console to manage the server, but the console is quite limited, because you can't copy paste from the host, also with the guest addition installed and the shared clipboard enabled, and you can't scroll vertically, which means that the console is only 25 text lines height and it's all that you can see, longer texts are cut and can't be really displayed in the console.
Am I missing something? Or that's it and there is no way to improve it?

Re: Ubuntu Server 16.04 console

Posted: 5. Aug 2016, 13:20
by Perryg
Am I missing something?
Yes. Servers do not have a graphics DT and as such no X so the guest additions can not help except for shared folders. Linux console (CLI) scrolling is usually done with shift page up or down.

Re: Ubuntu Server 16.04 console

Posted: 8. Aug 2016, 15:42
by spamme
Thanks