Where is the virtual tty code?
 

I am just finishing setting up Debian on a PPC box which has an 82-key keyboard and the F-keys are missing, therefore I can not change virtual text consoles via alt+Fx. I would like to change this combo to just alt+1, alt+2, etc. Can someone tell me what program/daemon/part of the kernel is responsible for that and where to find it in the source?

The "chvt" command may help you rig something up that will work. To switch virtual terminals from the command line, you run:

$ chvt <terminal number>

This works fine when run from within a virtual terminal. However, when I'm running kde and try to run chvt from konsole, I get an error message unless I'm run the command as root. Once I'm within a virtual terminal, ordinary users can run chvt.