How to enable scrollback when using tmux in ssh? #9983

@daldr-ntml commented on GitHub (Aug 4, 2020):

@DHowett

>ssh -V
OpenSSH_for_Windows_7.7p1, LibreSSL 2.6.5

@daldr-ntml commented on GitHub (Aug 4, 2020): @DHowett ``` >ssh -V OpenSSH_for_Windows_7.7p1, LibreSSL 2.6.5 ```

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@DHowett commented on GitHub (Aug 5, 2020):

That will do it! The version of SSH that comes with Windows doesn't support sending your mouse input to the other end of the wire (so tmux never knows you're trying to scroll.)

If you give a try to the newer version, 8.2+, from their releases page, does it work better?

@DHowett commented on GitHub (Aug 5, 2020): That will do it! The version of SSH that comes with Windows doesn't support sending your mouse input to the other end of the wire (so tmux never knows you're trying to scroll.) If you give a try to the newer version, 8.2+, from [their releases page](https://github.com/powershell/win32-openssh/releases), does it work better?

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@daldr-ntml commented on GitHub (Aug 5, 2020):

@DHowett Thanks, but did you mean 8.2+? I can't see anything later than 8.1.

@daldr-ntml commented on GitHub (Aug 5, 2020): @DHowett Thanks, but did you mean 8.2+? I can't see anything later than 8.1.

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@DHowett commented on GitHub (Aug 5, 2020):

8.1 should be sufficient. Sorry about that, I forgot what version they were on :)

@DHowett commented on GitHub (Aug 5, 2020): 8.1 should be sufficient. Sorry about that, I forgot what version they were on :)

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@daldr-ntml commented on GitHub (Aug 5, 2020):

Thanks. I'm also a bit worried about installing a custom version, now that Windows comes with OpenSSH. I've tried the PowerShell installation commands for OpenSSH in the past and they've not worked for me. Any advice? (Don't worry if you haven't).

@daldr-ntml commented on GitHub (Aug 5, 2020): Thanks. I'm also a bit worried about installing a custom version, now that Windows comes with OpenSSH. I've tried the PowerShell installation commands for OpenSSH in the past and they've not worked for me. Any advice? (Don't worry if you haven't).

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@DHowett commented on GitHub (Aug 5, 2020):

That's a fair concern. I'm not sure how best to install it or to make sure that it's working properly across your system.

If you want to give it a quick test just to verify before jumping in, you can just run ssh.exe right out of the zip file (or, well, extract it somewhere first 😄).

@DHowett commented on GitHub (Aug 5, 2020): That's a fair concern. I'm not sure how best to install it or to make sure that it's working properly across your system. If you want to give it a quick test just to verify before jumping in, you can just run `ssh.exe` right out of the zip file (or, well, extract it somewhere first :smile:).

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@WSLUser commented on GitHub (Aug 6, 2020):

https://github.com/PowerShell/Win32-OpenSSH/wiki/Install-Win32-OpenSSH has always worked for me every release (minus firewall rules, which only need to be put in once.) You can also run through these scripts if something seems off afterwards: https://github.com/PowerShell/Win32-OpenSSH/wiki/OpenSSH-utility-scripts-to-fix-file-permissions. Ignore the module portion, that part has been officially depreciated.

@WSLUser commented on GitHub (Aug 6, 2020): https://github.com/PowerShell/Win32-OpenSSH/wiki/Install-Win32-OpenSSH has always worked for me every release (minus firewall rules, which only need to be put in once.) You can also run through these scripts if something seems off afterwards: https://github.com/PowerShell/Win32-OpenSSH/wiki/OpenSSH-utility-scripts-to-fix-file-permissions. Ignore the module portion, that part has been officially depreciated.

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@ghost commented on GitHub (Aug 10, 2020):

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@ghost commented on GitHub (Aug 10, 2020): This issue has been automatically marked as stale because it has been marked as requiring author feedback but has not had any activity for **4 days**. It will be closed if no further activity occurs **within 3 days of this comment**.

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@daldr-ntml commented on GitHub (Aug 11, 2020):

@WSLUser Thanks for your answer. We used the instructions that you linked to and successfully installed OpenSSH_for_Windows_8.1p1.

Just for the record, the default version of ssh provided by Windows is at:
C:\Windows\System32\OpenSSH\ssh.exe

The version installed by the instructions from https://github.com/PowerShell/Win32-OpenSSH/wiki/Install-Win32-OpenSSH is at:
"C:\Program Files\OpenSSH\ssh.exe"

@daldr-ntml commented on GitHub (Aug 11, 2020): @WSLUser Thanks for your answer. We used the instructions that you linked to and successfully installed OpenSSH_for_Windows_8.1p1. Just for the record, the default version of ssh provided by Windows is at: C:\Windows\System32\OpenSSH\ssh.exe The version installed by the instructions from [https://github.com/PowerShell/Win32-OpenSSH/wiki/Install-Win32-OpenSSH](url) is at: "C:\Program Files\OpenSSH\ssh.exe"

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@daldr-ntml commented on GitHub (Aug 11, 2020):

It seems that even with OpenSSH_for_Windows_8.1p1, scrollback is not working properly with tmux in Terminal.

@daldr-ntml commented on GitHub (Aug 11, 2020): It seems that even with OpenSSH_for_Windows_8.1p1, scrollback is not working properly with tmux in Terminal.

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@zadjii-msft commented on GitHub (Aug 11, 2020):

How are you attempting to scroll to the scrollback - with the mouse wheel, or a keybinding in tmux? If you're trying to use the mouse, do you have mouse support enabled in your tmux config?

Does the scrollback work if you try ssh'ing from a vintage console window (i.e. cmd.exe)?

@zadjii-msft commented on GitHub (Aug 11, 2020): How are you attempting to scroll to the scrollback - with the mouse wheel, or a keybinding in `tmux`? If you're trying to use the mouse, do you have mouse support enabled in your `tmux` config? Does the scrollback work if you try ssh'ing from a vintage console window (i.e. `cmd.exe`)?

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@WSLUser commented on GitHub (Aug 11, 2020):

Just to take away another factor, did you uninstall the Optional Feature version of OpenSSH? In theory you should be able to use both but in practice it's better to use only one version, typically the latest in the case of OpenSSH. Your PATH may still be using the old version, so uninstalling it should help ensure that isn't the case. Also be sure to bump the 8.1 release near the top of your PATH (the UI is quite useful for this).

@WSLUser commented on GitHub (Aug 11, 2020): Just to take away another factor, did you uninstall the Optional Feature version of OpenSSH? In theory you should be able to use both but in practice it's better to use only one version, typically the latest in the case of OpenSSH. Your PATH may still be using the old version, so uninstalling it should help ensure that isn't the case. Also be sure to bump the 8.1 release near the top of your PATH (the UI is quite useful for this).

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@daldr-ntml commented on GitHub (Aug 11, 2020):

@WSLUser @zadjii-msft Thanks for your comments, I can't investigate further just at the moment.

@WSLUser what did you mean by:

(the UI is quite useful for this).

?

@daldr-ntml commented on GitHub (Aug 11, 2020): @WSLUser @zadjii-msft Thanks for your comments, I can't investigate further just at the moment. @WSLUser what did you mean by: ``` (the UI is quite useful for this). ``` ?

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@WSLUser commented on GitHub (Aug 11, 2020):

@WSLUser commented on GitHub (Aug 11, 2020): ![EnvVaredit](https://user-images.githubusercontent.com/33032910/89922905-3f118180-dbef-11ea-9d79-eddbdd93e31f.PNG)

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