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    Have you looked in /var/log/Xorg.0.log or /var/log/syslog to see if what you need is there? Commented Sep 2, 2013 at 12:54
  • Have you looked at this question? Commented Sep 2, 2013 at 17:18
  • @JosephR. - Thanks for the link, but all the answers to this question appear to be about "getting" another TTY's output in the future, not what is on the screen in that TTY already. Commented Sep 3, 2013 at 1:42
  • @goldilocks - /var/log/Xorg0.log doesn't contain any of the text, in any of the TTY's (But, as an aside, I found evidence that my distro (Parted Magic) did try and make the mouse I had plugged and unplugged a dozen times, available after I initially unplugged it mid-session, but No input driver specified, ignoring this device concluded it's attempt). Also, A) What are the (II) / (--) / (**)? B) How do I translate what seems like a date stamp on the left hand side of each line? As for /var/log/syslog, I don't appear to have a file, in that location, by that name.. Commented Oct 3, 2013 at 21:22