Charles P. Wright <cpwright@villagenet.com> typed:
:I think I have Virtual Consoles setup properly, but I can not switch between
:them.  What is the key combination, I have tried Alt-Fx (where x is the console
:number), but this only prints out garbage on the command line.

Alt-Ctrl-Fx (x is 1 to 8)

F9-F12 (without modifiers) are shortcuts for virtuals 1 to 4

:My dmesg says:
:vt0 at isa0 port 0x60-0x6f irq 1
:vt0: cl-gd5426, 80/132 col, color, 8 scr, mf2-kbd, [R3.32]
:vt0: console
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