Change Virtual Console/Virtual Terminal keyboard shortcuts

When I press SHIFT+F<n> key Arch/Xfce4 switches to virtual console #n.
I'd like to change this to ALT+F keys instead (or CTRL+ALT+F even), because SHIFT + F-keys are pretty common combination for other applications.
(And currently when I'm in a virtual console, I have to press ALT+F8 to get back to X, not SHIFT+F8, so it seems inconsistent.)
I've grepped /usr/share/kbd/keymaps for "shift.*console" but it only occurs together with 'alt' modifier, never just with 'shift' modifier, so I'm a bit stumped.

phrakture wrote:Because this took me a good 5 days to find:
man console_codes
heh, i found it referenced somewhere in the kernel source. the flashing block actually used to be the default cursor.
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Last edited by Samus_ (2008-11-23 18:19:49)

Samus_ wrote:hi, just installed slim but now when I switch to the virtual consoles my session on X starts firing keyboard events on the consoles I have there, how can I fix that?
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