Index: shared/VTsw_usl.c
===================================================================
RCS file: /cvs/xorg/xc/programs/Xserver/hw/xfree86/os-support/shared/VTsw_usl.c,v
retrieving revision 1.5
diff -u -r1.5 VTsw_usl.c
--- shared/VTsw_usl.c	3 Jul 2005 07:01:35 -0000	1.5
+++ shared/VTsw_usl.c	29 Jun 2006 09:33:05 -0000
@@ -64,15 +64,15 @@
 xf86VTSwitchAway()
 {
 	xf86Info.vtRequestsPending = FALSE;
+#ifdef OSSWITCHAWAY
+	        OSSWITCHAWAY;
+#endif
 	if (ioctl(xf86Info.consoleFd, VT_RELDISP, 1) < 0)
 	{
 		return(FALSE);
 	}
 	else
 	{
-#ifdef OSSWITCHAWAY
-	        OSSWITCHAWAY;
-#endif
 		return(TRUE);
 	}
 }
--- linux/lnx_init.c.orig	2007-08-23 21:04:53.000000000 +0200
+++ linux/lnx_init.c	2007-09-29 16:19:53.771798500 +0200
@@ -240,9 +240,6 @@
 
         if (!ShareVTs)
         {
-#if defined(DO_OS_FONTRESTORE)
-	    lnx_savefont();
-#endif
 	    /*
 	     * now get the VT.  This _must_ succeed, or else fail completely.
 	     */
@@ -254,6 +251,10 @@
 	        FatalError("xf86OpenConsole: VT_WAITACTIVE failed: %s\n",
 			   strerror(errno));
 
+#if defined(DO_OS_FONTRESTORE)
+	    lnx_savefont();
+#endif
+
 	    if (ioctl(xf86Info.consoleFd, VT_GETMODE, &VT) < 0)
 	        FatalError("xf86OpenConsole: VT_GETMODE failed %s\n",
 		           strerror(errno));
@@ -342,6 +343,11 @@
 
     if (VTSwitch)
     {
+#if defined(DO_OS_FONTRESTORE)
+        if (xf86Info.vtno == vtno)	/* check if we are active */
+	    lnx_restorefont();
+        lnx_freefontdata();
+#endif
         /*
          * Perform a switch back to the active VT when we were started
          */
@@ -356,11 +362,6 @@
 	    activeVT = -1;
         }
 
-#if defined(DO_OS_FONTRESTORE)
-        if (xf86Info.vtno == vtno)	/* check if we are active */
-	    lnx_restorefont();
-        lnx_freefontdata();
-#endif
     }
     close(xf86Info.consoleFd);	/* make the vt-manager happy */