Addendum 4:
While ctrl-alt-f2 and ctrl-alt-f3 would function, allow logins, run
'ps auxw | grep ntp', each trip through the GUI resulted in another
set of four matches to the grep.
Finally, 'shutdown -r now' was echoed but not executed, resulting in a
requirement for power on reset which could lead to loss of data.
To be explicit, ctrl-alt-del was not functional at this point.
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