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Answer is here

Steps are:

sudo X -quiet -nolisten tcp -noreset :4 vt8
DISPLAY=:4 virtualbox &

then ctrl+alt+f8 I recommend using the first command on a tty that isn't 7 (may be tty6) and the same for the other command on may be tty5.
As in my case tty7 got reloged into upon the first command's execution.
Also be prepared to filter some processes in top and exit them, basically virtualbox and X

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