The font used by the text console (runlevel 3) is very small.

Problem:

The font used by the text console (runlevel 3) is very small.

Hardware Effected:

Details:

This is caused by the new Intel kernel mode setting driver.

Solution:

Reverting to the 80x25 console font requires disabling the kernel mode setting driver. This can be done by using the following kernel parameter in /etc/grub.conf: 

nomodeset

For example: 

title Fedora (2.6.29.6-217.2.16.asl.1.fc11.x86_64)
root (hd0,0)
    kernel /vmlinuz-2.6.29.6-217.2.16.asl.1.fc11.x86_64 ro root=/dev/ nomodeset
    initrd /initrd-2.6.29.6-217.2.16.asl.1.fc11.x86_64.img

The change will take effect the next time the system boots.