I am able to switch to any virtual console I want with ctrl-alt-functionkey. I am using the latest Sid as of yesterday on i386, complete with xserver-xorg. Lorenzo -- -----BEGIN GEEK CODE BLOCK----- Version: 3.12 GCS d- s:+ a- C+++ UL++++ P+ L+++ E- W++ N o K- w--- O M V- PS+++ PE Y+ PGP++ t++ 5+ X+ R tv-- b++ DI-- D+ G e* h---- r+++ y+++ ------END GEEK CODE BLOCK------