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