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Date:      Tue, 6 Jul 2021 16:28:01 +0300
From:      Toomas Soome via freebsd-current <freebsd-current@freebsd.org>
To:        Nuno Teixeira <eduardo@freebsd.org>
Cc:        junchoon@dec.sakura.ne.jp, FreeBSD CURRENT <freebsd-current@freebsd.org>
Subject:   Re: lost high resolution console with lastest snapshot
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> On 6. Jul 2021, at 16:21, Nuno Teixeira <eduardo@freebsd.org> wrote:
>=20
> it worked! 8x16 is exacly
> the same size as before.
>=20
> And you are right, screen res is correct but font size is wrong. Is it =
some
> kind of bug?
>=20


yes and no. the automatic font selection does try the best, but people =
are different and the automatic selection may not be best for You. =
Anyhow, thats the reason to have option to set it manually.

rgds,
toomas


> Tomoaki AOKI <junchoon@dec.sakura.ne.jp> escreveu no dia ter=C3=A7a, =
6/07/2021
> =C3=A0(s) 14:08:
>=20
>> 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.
>>=20
>> If so, try setting
>>=20
>> screen.font=3D8x16
>>=20
>> or any size you prefer from files in /boot/fonts.
>>=20
>>=20
>> On Tue, 6 Jul 2021 14:42:26 +0200 (CEST)
>> Ronald Klop <ronald-lists@klop.ws> wrote:
>>=20
>>> Maybe your previous install did not use UEFI?
>>>=20
>>> Ronald.
>>>=20
>>>=20
>>> Van: Toomas Soome via freebsd-current <freebsd-current@freebsd.org>
>>> Datum: dinsdag, 6 juli 2021 14:12
>>> Aan: Nuno Teixeira <eduardo@freebsd.org>
>>> CC: FreeBSD CURRENT <freebsd-current@freebsd.org>
>>> Onderwerp: Re: lost high resolution console with lastest snapshot
>>>>=20
>>>>=20
>>>>=20
>>>>> On 6. Jul 2021, at 14:49, Nuno Teixeira <eduardo@freebsd.org> =
wrote:
>>>>>=20
>>>>> Hello,
>>>>>=20
>>>>> gop get says:
>>>>> ---
>>>>> EDID 1920x1080
>>>>> mode 0
>>>>> ---
>>>>>=20
>>>>> When I try other modes it sometimes decreases res.
>>>>>=20
>>>>> I remember that high res was working until now.
>>>>> Maybe a bug?
>>>>=20
>>>> GOP set/get/list is the only interface with uefi graphics we can =
use
>> from bootloader. =46rom 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.
>>>>=20
>>>> Toomas
>>>>=20
>>>>>=20
>>>>> Toomas Soome <tsoome@me.com> escreveu no dia ter=E3=80=93a, =
6/07/2021 =E3=80=93(s)
>> 12:11:
>>>>>=20
>>>>>>=20
>>>>>>=20
>>>>>>>> On 6. Jul 2021, at 14:07, Nuno Teixeira <eduardo@freebsd.org>
>> wrote:
>>>>>>>=20
>>>>>>> I forgot to say that dmesg show vt resolution:
>>>>>>>=20
>>>>>>> ---
>>>>>>> (...)
>>>>>>> FreeBSD clang version 12.0.1 =
(git@github.com:llvm/llvm-project.git
>>>>>>> llvmorg-12.0.1-rc2-0-ge7dac564cd0e)
>>>>>>> WARNING: WITNESS option enabled, expect reduced performance.
>>>>>>> =3D=3D> VT(efifb): resolution 1920x1080
>>>>>>> (...)
>>>>>>>=20
>>>>>>> But res isn't at 1920x1080
>>>>>>=20
>>>>>> from boot menu, press ESC to get OK prompt, enter commands:
>>>>>>=20
>>>>>> gop get
>>>>>> gop list
>>>>>> gop set X =E3=80=93 where X is number from gop list output.
>>>>>>=20
>>>>>> this way you can check if the resolution does change or not.
>>>>>>=20
>>>>>> rgds,
>>>>>> toomas
>>>>>>=20
>>>>>>>=20
>>>>>>> Nuno Teixeira <eduardo@freebsd.org> escreveu no dia ter=E3=80=93a,=

>> 6/07/2021
>>>>>> =E3=80=93(s)
>>>>>>> 11:37:
>>>>>>>=20
>>>>>>>> Hello,
>>>>>>>>=20
>>>>>>>> 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.
>>>>>>>>=20
>>>>>>>> Did I missed something or I need to configure system so I can
>> have high
>>>>>>>> res again?
>>>>>>>>=20
>>>>>>>> Thanks,
>>>>>>>> Nuno Teixeira
>>>>>>>>=20
>>>>>>=20
>>>>>>=20
>>>>=20
>>>>=20
>>>>=20
>>>>=20
>>=20
>>=20
>> --
>> Tomoaki AOKI    <junchoon@dec.sakura.ne.jp>
>>=20
>>=20




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