switching to virtual console results in immediate switch back to X

[Dan Robinson]

Ubuntu 9.04 with all updates installed.

While running X on VC 7 (under GNOME), I attempt to switch to a virtual console with <ctrl><alt>F1. The screen flickers and then returns me to the X console, where I must press <ctrl><alt>F1 again to actually use the console. After more than a few seconds (I haven't counted exactly how many), this times out and I must use the key combo twice again if I want to get back.

I noticed this in Intrepid as well, but I didn't have a Launchpad account at the time.

What I would like to see is the way it worked in Hardy and earlier, as well as in other distributions, where pressing the key combo once results in immediate action.