I see you have the nouveau driver loaded, indicating you have nvidia hardware.
This is the same symptom I reported using the nvidia driver in bug #775012. I can disable the display manager and boot to a console, then use startx to get a KDE session. Kevin On Mon, 16 Feb 2015 16:27:22 -0500 Matthew Trescott <matthewtresc...@gmail.com> wrote: > Package: xorg > Version: 1:7.7+3~deb7u1 > > > > Dear Maintainer, > > * What led up to the situation? A system update which included an > update for xorg > * What exactly did you do (or not do) that was effective (or > ineffective)? I attempted to switch to a different Display Manager. > * What was the outcome of this action? Nothing changed. > * What outcome did you expect instead? I hoped that the problem > was with gdm3. > > > > -- System Information: > Debian Release: 7.8 > APT prefers stable-updates > APT policy: (500, 'stable-updates'), (500, 'stable') > Architecture: amd64 (x86_64) > Foreign Architectures: i386 > > Kernel: Linux 3.2.0-4-amd64 (SMP w/4 CPU cores) > Locale: LANG=en_US.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=en_US.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8) > Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/dash > > Versions of packages xorg depends on: > ii gnome-terminal [x-terminal-emulator] 3.4.1.1-2 > ii konsole [x-terminal-emulator] 4:4.8.4-2 > ii libgl1-mesa-dri 8.0.5-4+deb7u2 > ii libgl1-mesa-glx [libgl1] 8.0.5-4+deb7u2 > ii libglu1-mesa 8.0.5-4+deb7u2 > ii lxterminal [x-terminal-emulator] 0.1.11-4 > pn x11-apps <none> > pn x11-session-utils <none> > ii x11-utils 7.7~1 > pn x11-xfs-utils <none> > ii x11-xkb-utils 7.7~1 > ii x11-xserver-utils 7.7~3 > ii xauth 1:1.0.7-1 > ii xfonts-100dpi 1:1.0.3 > ii xfonts-75dpi 1:1.0.3 > ii xfonts-base 1:1.0.3 > ii xfonts-scalable 1:1.0.3-1 > ii xfonts-utils 1:7.7~1 > pn xinit <none> > ii xkb-data 2.5.1-3 > ii xorg-docs-core 1:1.6-1 > ii xserver-xorg 1:7.7+3~deb7u1 > ii xterm [x-terminal-emulator] 278-4 > > xorg recommends no packages. > > Versions of packages xorg suggests: > pn xorg-docs <none> > > Versions of packages xserver-xorg depends on: > ii libc6 > 2.13-38+deb7u7 ii > x11-xkb-utils 7.7~1 ii > xkb-data 2.5.1-3 ii > xserver-xorg-core > 2:1.12.4-6+deb7u6 ii > xserver-xorg-input-all 1:7.7+3~deb7u1 > ii xserver-xorg-input-evdev [xorg-driver-input] > 1:2.7.0-1+b1 ii xserver-xorg-input-mouse > [xorg-driver-input] 1:1.7.2-3 ii > xserver-xorg-input-synaptics [xorg-driver-input] 1.6.2-2 ii > xserver-xorg-input-vmmouse [xorg-driver-input] 1:12.9.0-1 ii > xserver-xorg-input-wacom [xorg-driver-input] > 0.15.0+20120515-2 ii > xserver-xorg-video-all 1:7.7+3~deb7u1 > ii xserver-xorg-video-apm [xorg-driver-video] 1:1.2.3-3 > ii xserver-xorg-video-ark [xorg-driver-video] > 1:0.7.4-1+b1 ii xserver-xorg-video-ati > [xorg-driver-video] 1:6.14.4-8 ii > xserver-xorg-video-chips [xorg-driver-video] 1:1.2.4-2 ii > xserver-xorg-video-cirrus [xorg-driver-video] 1:1.4.0-2 ii > xserver-xorg-video-fbdev [xorg-driver-video] 1:0.4.2-4+b3 > ii xserver-xorg-video-i128 [xorg-driver-video] > 1:1.3.5-1+b1 ii xserver-xorg-video-intel > [xorg-driver-video] 2:2.19.0-6 ii xserver-xorg-video-mach64 > [xorg-driver-video] 6.9.1-2 ii xserver-xorg-video-mga > [xorg-driver-video] 1:1.5.0-3 ii > xserver-xorg-video-neomagic [xorg-driver-video] 1:1.2.6-1 ii > xserver-xorg-video-nouveau [xorg-driver-video] 1:1.0.1-5 ii > xserver-xorg-video-openchrome [xorg-driver-video] > 1:0.2.906-2+deb7u1 ii xserver-xorg-video-r128 > [xorg-driver-video] 6.8.2-1 ii xserver-xorg-video-radeon > [xorg-driver-video] 1:6.14.4-8 ii > xserver-xorg-video-rendition [xorg-driver-video] 1:4.2.4-3 ii > xserver-xorg-video-s3 [xorg-driver-video] 1:0.6.3-5 ii > xserver-xorg-video-s3virge [xorg-driver-video] 1:1.10.4-5 ii > xserver-xorg-video-savage [xorg-driver-video] 1:2.3.4-1 ii > xserver-xorg-video-siliconmotion [xorg-driver-video] 1:1.7.6-1 ii > xserver-xorg-video-sis [xorg-driver-video] 1:0.10.4-1 ii > xserver-xorg-video-sisusb [xorg-driver-video] 1:0.9.4-3 ii > xserver-xorg-video-tdfx [xorg-driver-video] 1:1.4.4-1 ii > xserver-xorg-video-trident [xorg-driver-video] 1:1.3.5-1 ii > xserver-xorg-video-tseng [xorg-driver-video] 1:1.2.4-3 ii > xserver-xorg-video-vesa [xorg-driver-video] 1:2.3.1-1+b1 > ii xserver-xorg-video-vmware [xorg-driver-video] > 1:12.0.2-1+b1 ii xserver-xorg-video-voodoo > [xorg-driver-video] 1:1.2.4-2+b3 > > Versions of packages xserver-xorg recommends: > ii libgl1-mesa-dri 8.0.5-4+deb7u2 -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-x-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: https://lists.debian.org/20150216205001.0c4d5870@sirius