Gnome/gdm mouse invisible after login and cannot set brigtness

I'm experiencing some issues after I upgraded a list of packages by running apt-get upgrade.

Everything seems to start properly, but after logging in gnome, the mouse pointer disappears. In addition to that I've noticed that during the time the mouse is not visible, I cannot set the brightness through

the control-center. And after some time sometimes a minute and sometimes 3 and maybe even more, the mouse shows up, and I can than set the brightness too.

I don't really know where to start looking for the problem. I don't know what package the problem is arising from. any help would be greatly appreciated.

Here is the list of packages that was upgraded, and their versions

Start-Date: 2015-01-13 22:58:56

Commandline: apt-get upgrade

Upgrade: bind9-host:amd64 (9.9.5.dfsg-6, 9.9.5.dfsg-8), desktop-base:amd64 (7.0.3, 8.0.2), libgoa-1.0-0b:amd64 (3.14.1-1, 3.14.2-1), mime-support:amd64 (3.57, 3.58), libebook-contacts-1.2-0:amd64 (3.12.9~git20141128.5242b0-2, 3.12.9~git20141128.5242b0-2+b1), libavformat56:amd64 (11-2, 11.1-1), gettext-base:amd64 (0.19.3-1, 0.19.3-2), liblwres90:amd64 (9.9.5.dfsg-6, 9.9.5.dfsg-8), apache2-utils:amd64 (2.4.10-8, 2.4.10-9), libevent-2.0-5:amd64 (2.0.21-stable-1.1, 2.0.21-stable-2), libavresample2:amd64 (11-2, 11.1-1), libefivar0:amd64 (0.15-2, 0.15-3), gnome-online-accounts:amd64 (3.14.1-1, 3.14.2-1), libsystemd-login0:amd64 (215-7, 215-8), postgresql-9.4:amd64 (9.4~rc1-1.pgdg70+1, 9.4.0-1.pgdg70+1), host:amd64 (9.9.5.dfsg-6, 9.9.5.dfsg-8), grub-efi-amd64-bin:amd64 (2.02~beta2-15, 2.02~beta2-19), libustr-1.0-1:amd64 (1.0.4-3, 1.0.4-3+b2), install-info:amd64 (5.2.0.dfsg.1-5, 5.2.0.dfsg.1-6), libpangoxft-1.0-0:amd64 (1.36.8-2, 1.36.8-3), libxfixes3:amd64 (5.0.1-2+b1, 5.0.1-2+b2), libdns100:amd64 (9.9.5.dfsg-6, 9.9.5.dfsg-8), libisc-export95:amd64 (9.9.5.dfsg-6, 9.9.5.dfsg-8), linux-image-3.16.0-4-amd64:amd64 (3.16.7-2, 3.16.7-ckt2-1), bsd-mailx:amd64 (8.1.2-0.20140825cvs-1, 8.1.2-0.20141216cvs-1), xboard:amd64 (4.8.0-1, 4.8.0-2), libvte-2.91-0:amd64 (0.38.1-1, 0.38.1-2), libpciaccess0:amd64 (0.13.2-3, 0.13.2-3+b1), libisccfg90:amd64 (9.9.5.dfsg-6, 9.9.5.dfsg-8), man-db:amd64 (2.7.0.2-3, 2.7.0.2-5), libreadline6:amd64 (6.3-8+b2, 6.3-8+b3), libmbim-glib4:amd64 (1.10.0-2, 1.10.0-2.1), libgettextpo-dev:amd64 (0.19.3-1, 0.19.3-2), grub-efi-amd64:amd64 (2.02~beta2-15, 2.02~beta2-19), exim4-base:amd64 (4.84-3, 4.84-6), librygel-server-2.4-2:amd64 (0.24.1-1, 0.24.2-1), gnome-games:amd64 (3.14+1, 3.14+3), avahi-daemon:amd64 (0.6.31-4+b1, 0.6.31-4+b2), libxaw7:amd64 (1.0.12-2, 1.0.12-2+b1), libbind9-90:amd64 (9.9.5.dfsg-6, 9.9.5.dfsg-8), libsane-common:amd64 (1.0.24-4, 1.0.24-8), dbus:amd64 (1.8.12-1, 1.8.12-3), libice6:amd64 (1.0.9-1, 1.0.9-1+b1), 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End-Date: 2015-01-13 23:04:19