> > 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.)

Or at your lilo prompt type 'linux single', assuming linux is what you
normally type to get linux...

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