Hit Ctrl-Alt-F1 and log in outside of X, edit the file, then go back to X
with Ctrl-Alt-F7 and hit Ctrl-Alt-Backspace.

If F1 doesn't give you anything useful, try F2, F3, F4, etc.

-Evan

On Thu, Apr 26, 2012 at 10:39 AM, Denis Heidtmann <[email protected]
> wrote:

> Help!  In attempting to shut off the touchpad, I edited
> /usr/share/X11/xorg.conf.d/50-synaptics.conf, changing one line parameter
> from "on" to "off".  Now the only thing that works is the touchpad and its
> two buttons.  Nothing on the keyboard works--I cannot log in, since I
> cannot enter my password.  I can log in as Guest, but I cannot edit any
> files since I cannot type.  I assume that if I could get a terminal before
> X starts, i might have a chance to do something, but I do not know how.
>
> Suggestions?
>
> -Denis
>
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