I am using a virtual Machine in VMware Player 5.01 of Ubuntu 12.04 without a graphical interface and I don't have scroll enabled is there any way to enable it ? Or to use something like a key combo to scroll up and down :)
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You may try if this also works with VMWare Player: http://askubuntu.com/questions/197314/how-do-i-scroll-back-in-a-virt-manager-virtual-machine-console – Takkat Jan 10 '13 at 13:02
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Yes, there is1, but unless you have a valid reason to do so, don't even bother using the VMware Player window for command-line stuff. Set up networking and use SSH instead. It's way more powerful than using an hardware-emulated display and graphics driver just for some plain commands.
You might also be interested in using byobu (with or without using SSH):
How to open a new tab in the server command line?
For related stuff to scrolling in command-line operations.
using a byobu and disconnected session how to see message on screen
which effectively is a question on how to scroll in Byobu.
A question on Unix&Linux very similar to yours:
small screen in virtualbox installed OSs
VirtualBox is not different from VMware regarding your question.
1 If you really insist on scrolling in a regular TTY (has many flaws): Shift + PageUp
And copy/paste within the same TTY: sudo apt-get install gpm to get a mouse pointer.
But really, those two above are not for daily use!
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If there was a third recipe in footnotes to set scroll limit to infinite that would have been a very informative footnote. – arsaKasra Jan 06 '14 at 10:56