Ctrl+Alt+number terminal switching stopped working

[Lowell Gilbert]

Ian Moore <no-spam at swiftdsl.com.au> writes:

> I've just noticed I can't switch from my X session back to the other vtty 
> screens using Ctrl+Alt+1, Ctrl+Alt+2 etc.
> I can't seem to find any info on this - is it a known issue or is it just my 
> system? It seems to happen when running both kde & twm, so it's not window 
> manger related.
> 
> I'm running 5.4-RELEASE and Xorg6.9 built from ports about a week ago. All 
> ports up to date as of 3 nights ago.

Haven't heard of this happening anywhere else...

What happens if you shut down X completely?