Originally Posted by
Brightbelt
Hi,
I've done a doozy. I was trying a fix for my mighty mouse (which does not scroll at all) and I replaced the "Input Device" section for the mouse with a new one instead of adding my fix.
Well it didn't work and I made a backup of my xorg.conf but it can't help me sitting on my desktop because NO MOUSE WILL WORK NOW.
I'm not even sure I did the backup file right. Anyways, how can I edit my /etc/X11/xorg.conf file ????
I've tried the keyboard shortcut to get to the terminal (Contr-Alt F1) and it takes me to the black screen command line. I tried doing 'sudo gedit /etc/X11/xorg.conf' there but it says it "cannot display file" for some reason.
How can I get any mouse back? I DO KNOW HOW to edit the /etc/X11/xorg.conf' file to get it back to normal once I get to the file. That's no problem. I just can't get to the file.
I appreciate any help,...Many Thanks, Frank B.
PS I'm dual booting and have rEFit, so I can get to a shell command line. I'm new to that and have no idea what to do there.
gedit requires xorg, so you can't run it from a console. try nano.
Or you can just start things from the keyboard if you know the shortcuts 
ALT+F2 opens the "Run Application" dialog. you can start whatever you want from there (gnome-terminal, or even just gedit)
The easiest way to backup your file is to make a copy before making changes:
Code:
sudo cp /etc/X11/xorg.conf /etc/X11/xorg.conf.bak
Then if you need to copy it back,
Code:
sudo cp /etc/X11/xorg.conf.bak /etc/X11/xorg.conf
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