cannot get into gnome. do I need a screen anyway?

[Kyle]

You shouldn't need a screen to run GNOME. The first thing you hear
after "screen reader on" should be your username. If you don't hear
that, press enter anyway. You should be prompted for a password. Enter
your password and the system should start. You may hear no sound the
first time you login , but you can press alt+super+s to make the screen
reader start. Note that you shouldn't have to enter your username, as
you normally select it from a list. If your user is the only one on the
list, you will have your username and then "not in list." Hope this
helps.
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