Completely stuck in gdm

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I am unable to move my mouse or type in gdm. I can do a select few keyboard shortcuts and I know they work like ALT SysRq K will kill gdm for a split second and then it just starts again. I was reading that CTRL ALT f3-f7 will drop you to a tty but when I press these nothing happens. Also its like my screen won't even stay on (dims due to inactivity) but I know the keyboard is connected and working. Even before gdm starts if I start pressing buttons I see them on the tty window. I just want to get back to the tty and I don't have sshd installed yet. Is there any advice to get back to the tty??

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