The reason it appeared I did not restart X after loading the updated module is the Xorg.1.log was a stale console from an older unrelated XDMCP client session.
I cannot get the system to create a new Xorg.*.log when X is invoked via gdm3. I have no idea why that is - If I invoke X directly, the log file gets created. To move forward, I have purged gdm3 and installed lightdm as a replacement. I still have the same startup issues this way, and the log does appear in /var/log I am enclosing it in the following entry. Thanks for your patience on this. -- Marty -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-bugs-dist-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org