Re: [TCLUG:20409] How to break startup

[Dave Sherohman <esper@sherohman.org>]

Perry Hoekstra said:
> Question:  how do you break the startup cycle?  My laptop boots into the
> login screen (Debian).  However, I have lost my mouse again.  The
> keyboard works but all I can do is login into the login screen (shows
> the title Debian GNU/Linux) and I have the Debian splash screen.  I
> can't get to a shell in order to fix the XF86Config file.

Try Ctrl-Alt-F1 to get to a text console from the xdm login screen.  (Or from
anywhere else in X.)

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