[gentoo-user] Loss of VT switching capabilities after Gnome 2.16 upgrade

[Statux]

I'm sure this has been tackled before elsewhere but after my upgrade to
Gnome 2.16 I lost the ability to use the CTRL+ALT+F1 (F2, F3, ...)
sequence to switch out of X so I can flip to other VTs. Ideas?

Also, while I'm at it, since the upgrade, I've been having problems with
something on the lines of gnome-settings-daemon. When starting X, gnome
starts up and I immediately get an issue with this daemon which makes
reference to something relating to dbus and Bonobo in another place. It
warns about potential theme/settings problems which make sense because
things look a little dry, here (it has a big-java-applet feel). I've
recompiled everything and checked all reverse dependencies. The only
other thing I can try might be to move my ~/.gnome2 stuff out of the way
and let it recreate the directory+configs manually.

Again, ideas?

Thanks.