Or if the previous installation is old enough,
possibly just a font auto-selection problem.
If screen resolution is correct, but tooo large font is selected,
lower resolution screen is mimiced.

If so, try setting

 screen.font=8x16

or any size you prefer from files in /boot/fonts.


On Tue, 6 Jul 2021 14:42:26 +0200 (CEST)
Ronald Klop <ronald-li...@klop.ws> wrote:

> Maybe your previous install did not use UEFI?
> 
> Ronald.
> 
>  
> Van: Toomas Soome via freebsd-current <freebsd-current@freebsd.org>
> Datum: dinsdag, 6 juli 2021 14:12
> Aan: Nuno Teixeira <edua...@freebsd.org>
> CC: FreeBSD CURRENT <freebsd-current@freebsd.org>
> Onderwerp: Re: lost high resolution console with lastest snapshot
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > > On 6. Jul 2021, at 14:49, Nuno Teixeira <edua...@freebsd.org> wrote:
> > >
> > > Hello,
> > >
> > > gop get says:
> > > ---
> > > EDID 1920x1080
> > > mode 0
> > > ---
> > >
> > > When I try other modes it sometimes decreases res.
> > >
> > > I remember that high res was working until now.
> > > Maybe a bug?
> > 
> > GOP set/get/list is the only interface with uefi graphics we can use from 
> > bootloader. From loader, we only can try to use resolutions listed by gop 
> > list, even if the hardware does support better. This is the firmware limit 
> > (check for update?). Once operating system is running, X11/DRM drivers can 
> > switch to use better resolution.
> > 
> > Toomas
> > 
> > >
> > > Toomas Soome <tso...@me.com> escreveu no dia ter〓a, 6/07/2021 〓(s) 12:11:
> > >
> > >>
> > >>
> > >>>> On 6. Jul 2021, at 14:07, Nuno Teixeira <edua...@freebsd.org> wrote:
> > >>>
> > >>> I forgot to say that dmesg show vt resolution:
> > >>>
> > >>> ---
> > >>> (...)
> > >>> FreeBSD clang version 12.0.1 (g...@github.com:llvm/llvm-project.git
> > >>> llvmorg-12.0.1-rc2-0-ge7dac564cd0e)
> > >>> WARNING: WITNESS option enabled, expect reduced performance.
> > >>> ==> VT(efifb): resolution 1920x1080
> > >>> (...)
> > >>>
> > >>> But res isn't at 1920x1080
> > >>
> > >> from boot menu, press ESC to get OK prompt, enter commands:
> > >>
> > >> gop get
> > >> gop list
> > >> gop set X 〓 where X is number from gop list output.
> > >>
> > >> this way you can check if the resolution does change or not.
> > >>
> > >> rgds,
> > >> toomas
> > >>
> > >>>
> > >>> Nuno Teixeira <edua...@freebsd.org> escreveu no dia ter〓a, 6/07/2021
> > >> 〓(s)
> > >>> 11:37:
> > >>>
> > >>>> Hello,
> > >>>>
> > >>>> I remember having high resolution console at 1920x1080 but due to
> > >> hardware
> > >>>> problems I replaced hdd and installed latest snapshot #0
> > >>>> main-n247671-c5f4772c66d: Thu Jul  1 and now console resolution is very
> > >> low.
> > >>>>
> > >>>> Did I missed something or I need to configure system so I can have high
> > >>>> res again?
> > >>>>
> > >>>> Thanks,
> > >>>> Nuno Teixeira
> > >>>>
> > >>
> > >>
> >  
> > 
> > 
> > 


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