On 05/03/10 10:10, Dale wrote: > > I think there is a interactive mode or something too. It is done by > hitting the "I" key during the first part of the boot up. Just say No > to xdm or whatever starts your GUI. > > Lots of options here. lol > > Dale Thanks, Dale, for the figurative "whack in the head"! I knew about interactive mode, but never even thought of it. Doing this, I was able to boot to a command line. Then, I took Remy's advise and re-emerged xf86-input-keyboard and xf86-keyboard-mouse. Turns out that they both needed updating. This fixed everything.
Sorry, if I was a little terse. I panicked. I keep all responses to problems I've posted in case I run into the same thing again. So thanks guys for coming though for me as always! Regards, Colleen > -- Registered Linux User #411143 with the Linux Counter, http://counter.li.org