Booting to the command line without X-windows

[Mikus Grinbergs]

> > Alternatively, could someone tell me how to drop from the Gnome
> > desktop to the command line without X-windows. =20
>
> Ctrl-Alt-F1 (...) then log in and sudo /etc/init.d/gdm stop

On my system, after *upgrading* from Hoary to Breezy,
Ctrl-Alt-F1 (or any Fx) is __NOT__ recognized as a control
sequence. (No switch to a virtual (text) console occurs.
On Hoary, that control sequence worked fine.)  I've
re-installed likely packages -- nothing has helped.

mikus