Finally SOLVED - the problem was traced back to the nvidia driver package I was using (in jessie
340.65+3.16.0+1) - I removed it ( the need has been eliminated as nouveau can now support dual
headed displays). ( I did have to create a minimal /etc/X11/xorg.conf to get it to work at all
(shouldn't be the case)).
What is interesting, was the total lack of logging from the nvidia provided software - even
disabling kdm did not prevent the start-up hang.
I'm also thinking that the distribution upgrade process should probably check a list of old problem
causing cruft packages.
I was able to find the problem by creating a list of packages on this machine and a similar one with
a fresh install - loading those into meld to show the differences.
# lspci |grep -i nvid
09:00.0 VGA compatible controller: NVIDIA Corporation G92 [GeForce 9800 GT]
(rev a2)
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