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So I installed LightDM on Raspbian lite, but I forgot to install a desktop manager. Now, I can't get out of the LightDM login screen! Ctrl-Alt-F1 through to F6 doesn't work! Neither does cancel or login get me out either. Also it looks like the Raspberry Pi doesn't have a BIOS screen either.
How do I get back to the terminal?
Get to a terminal (SSH or local) then run sudo stop lightdm or sudo service lightdm stop.
CTRL-ALT-<Fn>keys ought to work (they do on my system). An alternative is to stick the SD card into another computer and fix things up (probably just need to remove a symlink from/etc/systemd/system/multi-user.target.wantsif you're on Raspbian Jessie). – larsks Feb 10 '16 at 19:05