On my AMD64 etch system, cntl-alt-F1 has stopped giving me a text console a month or two ago. Now I haven't been doing anything much to it excpet for regular upgrades, and the installation of an ocasional new Debian package. Anyone have any ideas where to start looking? hendrik@april:~$ uname -a Linux april 2.6.18-3-amd64 #1 SMP Mon Dec 4 17:04:37 CET 2006 x86_64 GNU/Linux hendrik@april:~$ -- hendrik