Question: I would like to see what is going on at `tty1` - the console I was booting from - 
while I am now on `tty7` running X11 with KDE4, without switching back to `tty1` (`Ctrl`+`Alt`+`F1`).

I would like to see it inside KDE's Konsole, if possible. I would like to have `tty1` redirected into Konsole, including all boot history that was scrolling down while I was booting.

Is that possible?

Answer: 
`fold -bw80 /dev/vcs1`

Substitute 80 for your actual width. This doesn't support attributes, the `/dev/vcsa*` include attributes.
Check out ttysnoop: <http://www.linuxhelp.net/guides/ttysnoop/>

I think you will not be able to see everything since boot, only everything after you connected to the snoop session.