Ubuntu – How to access the terminal in Ubuntu GUI without a mouse

Rather than VNC, I highly recommend using the free NoMachine remote desktop system. It's more secure -- the connection is established via SSH authentication, with your username & password on the linux machine. It also removes the requirement for the server to auto-log-in -- it can just boot up to the login screen, and your NoMachine session happens in the background.

Download page is here -- you need to install the debs for "NX Free Edition For Linux" on the server (all three packages that it provides, in alphabetical order -- client, node, and then server package). And then you need to install "NX Client for Windows" on your windows machine.

Although I'm a bit late, I'm posting this here so that anyone who comes here gets a solution. For me, the solution to the same problem was:

Terminator preferences -> Profiles Tab -> Scrolling [sub]tab -> Uncheck 'Scroll on output' option.

The good thing about this option, is that it will still scroll on output when you are at the very bottom of the output, but as soon as you scroll up, it will stop and won't bother you even if output content is still being generated.

I hope this helps