Terminal will never open in usb livecd

[NoBugs!]

On newly set up 17.10 I tried updating, I tried installing updates, restarting, still no terminal at all. I can't install another terminal because event Ctrl+Alt+Fn key is completely useless in the livecd mode as I don't know the username/password. This makes the first step in debugging and getting actual work done completely broken!

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 17.10
Package: gnome-terminal 3.24.2-0ubuntu4
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 4.13.0-15.16-generic 4.13.4
Uname: Linux 4.13.0-15-generic x86_64
ApportVersion: 2.20.7-0ubuntu3
Architecture: amd64
CasperVersion: 1.385
CurrentDesktop: ubuntu:GNOME
Date: Sat Oct 14 04:04:08 2017
LiveMediaBuild: Ubuntu 17.10 "Artful Aardvark" - Beta amd64 (20171012)
ProcEnviron:
 PATH=(custom, no user)
 XDG_RUNTIME_DIR=<set>
 LANG=
 SHELL=/bin/bash
SourcePackage: gnome-terminal
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)

[Launchpad Janitor (janitor)]

Status changed to 'Confirmed' because the bug affects multiple users.

[Ubuntu QA Website (ubuntuqa)]

This bug has been reported on the Ubuntu ISO testing tracker.

A list of all reports related to this bug can be found here:
http://iso.qa.ubuntu.com/qatracker/reports/bugs/1723571

[NoBugs! (luke32j)]

Probably should note that I eventually got a terminal, I think it was from Alt+F2 and "sudo apt-get install -y xterm"