Hello, As Bob suggested, I was able to boot in single user mode and restore X config file from there.
Thanks for your help! Juan. 2010/12/17 Camaleón <[email protected]> > On Thu, 16 Dec 2010 12:06:31 +0100, Juan Ignacio Gaudio wrote: > > > I broke my X (again) trying to install a graphics device driver on my > > Vostro 1000, so now I don't have video and the keyboard does not > > respond. > > > > I just need to be able to change to a console tty and restore the > > previous xorg.conf. But as X starts automatically I can't manage to do > > that before X crashes and I lose the keyboard again... do you know of a > > way of changing the runlevel to just console (no X) or aborting X > > startup during Linux boot process (some key combination or anything). > > > > I'm running Debian Lenny. > > In addition to all the good advice you got, remember that you could also > login into the machine via SSH (should you have it enabled) and make the > changes from there. X is crashing, not the whole system ;-) > > Greetings, > > -- > Camaleón > > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [email protected] > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact > [email protected] > Archive: http://lists.debian.org/[email protected] > >
