[arch-general] Complete mess after having attempted to install Nvidia drivers‏

[nelsonmarambio at gmx.de]

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> Datum: Fri, 22 Jun 2012 06:05:06 -0400
> Von: m a <mantonavia at gmail.com>
> An: arch-general at archlinux.org
> Betreff: Re: [arch-general]	Complete mess after having attempted to install Nvidia drivers‏

> > You could try to reinstall xorg-server:
> > # pacman -S xorg-server
> 
> How am I going to do this?
> In normal boot, I can't use my keyboard and, when booting from a
> LiveCD, I can't install anything on the system.
> 

You can boot from the LiveCD and switching to your local system as active instance. The magic word in the wiki is "chroot":

https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Chroot

As one of the advantages you can fix your system even if it is not able to boot itself anymore.

HTH
Nelson