AFAIK those virtual consoles were relevant to previous release of HelenOS (0.5). Current release (0.6) and mainline branch use graphical GUI managed by 'compositor' server and original 'console' server (the one with switched consoles) is thus overriden.
No, the virtual consoles are still relevant, but only when the GUI compositor server is not used.
Try compiling HelenOS for AMD64 or IA-32, but disabling the "Framebuffer support" option (CONFIG_FB = n) while keeping the "EGA support" on (CONFIG_EGA = y).
In this setup, HelenOS will run in text mode only and the Fn keys are still used for switching between the virtual consoles.
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