.fnord
> Is there a way I can skip Gnome and go directly into CLI (barring systemd).
.fnord
SystemD is Fedora's init system, and is wholly responsible for targeting runlevels and system services. Attempting to administer these things while avoiding the utilities provided to accomplish these tasks will not be a productive effort. The systemd section on the Fedora wiki should help clear a lot of confusion.
I've experienced something similar to your problem, and on that system, I was able to restart X with ctl-alt-backspace and was successful on the second try.
There are a couple things to try that will give you more information, therefore allowing us to help you more effectively. The ".xsession-errors" file in your home directory may have clues.
Now, to get a real-time view:
su -c "yum install xterm" #needed for the next step. Note this is the only step that needs root permissions.
xinit -- :1 vt9 #starts a new X server at tty9 (ctl-alt-f9) and switches to it. The console on the starting tty will not detach from the X server, so you can switch back to check for problems.
In your new xterm, run:
gnome-session #this will start a new gnome session, bells and whistles hopefully included. The console in your xterm will not detach from your terminal window, so you can monitor it for problems.
Hopefully, you can find something to interpret or share.
-pete
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