What should I do? Xubuntu won't open windows & CD Drive?

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Xubuntu 8.10 Intrepid has been a terrible distro for my machine: iBook G3 600 MHz (more specs: 12.1 inch screen with white translucent exterior).

Xubuntu won't allow me to open the terminal (or any other key-windows within the desktop GUI, except for the "Quit Window"), and now it won't even allow me to open my CD-drive when I really need it to get rid of Xubuntu & reinstall a stable operating system.

Would anyone, who's reading this please tell me which command to type in my machine during booting-process so I can make the CD-drive open & put a new Install-CD in it?

Example of what I see when I reboot Xubuntu:

Boot:

Which command would open my CD Drive?

SOLVED!
When Xubuntu booted up to the Login-screen, I clicked/select the following options in chronological order:
1. Session
2. Failsafe Terminal

Then I typed eject in that bitch. DONE.