@gionni88: That doesn't seem to work for me (ctrl-shift-x). Any ideas why it wouldn't? My only thought of something that might interfere is Advanced SystemUI. @maacruz: Yes, I have tried DT (and love it). Unfortunately it didn't help with my touchscreen issue.
#!/bin/sh /usr/bin/osso-xterm
update-rc.d runossoxterm.sh start 99 2 .