On Thu, Apr 26, 2012 at 10:57 AM, Galen Seitz <[email protected]> wrote:
> On 04/26/12 10:39, Denis Heidtmann 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? > > If you can't ssh in as Bill suggested, boot into recovery mode and > edit the file. > > https://wiki.ubuntu.com/RecoveryMode > > galen The only thing I got to when trying to get to Recovery Mode was "select boot device". There is only one, and no recovery mode. -Denis _______________________________________________ PLUG mailing list [email protected] http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug
