Can anyone explain the delay when switching from X to console

[stan]

Hi,

This has been bugging me for a while.  It used to be (years ago) that 
the switch from X to a console would be almost instantaneous.  Over the 
years, it just seems to keep getting longer and longer.  Today it is 
taking almost 5 seconds to switch to a console.  The switch back is much 
faster, maybe a second.   Can anyone explain this, and is there an 
adjustment to speed it up.

I'm running Fedora 7.

Thanks,
stan