On Thu, 5 Jan 2006 10:55:05 +0100
Christoph Kaegi <kgc@zhwin.ch> wrote:

> Ah, btw. it also isn't possible to switch to textmode by 
> pressing <ctrl>+<alt>+<f1> and back to graphics mode by 
> pressing <ctrl>+<alt>+<f5>.
> I get a black screen with a square cursor blinking in
> the topleft corner and the machine is frozen.
> 
> Chris

Editing /etc/ttys shouldn't solve it? Turning "console" to "off" and 
"ttyE0" to "on".

Paulo