X Virtual Terminals/Consoles are blank, unusable

[Matt Galvin]

Hi All,

When cycling through the virtual terminals/consoles of
X(CTR+ALT+F[1-7]) I see that they are all blank screens and I cannot
use them at all. con7 displays the desktop (gnome in my case) as
expected but con1 - con6 are completly blacked out/blank and I am
unable to use them for anything.

Has anyone else experienced this behaviour? Can anyone confirm?

My machine has an on-board Intel 865 video card/chip and I am using an
Acer AL1714 LCD display.

Thanks,

Matt