Ever try booting into single user mode w/o X11 video support?  Try using
the "single" boot prompt option for your kernel at your bootloader
prompt.  e.g. "linux single"

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Chad Walstrom <chewie at wookimus.net>           http://www.wookimus.net/
           assert(expired(knowledge)); /* core dump */
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