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 > _______________________________________________ PLUG mailing list [email protected] http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug
