I installed kubuntu-desktop, and then using kdm, I do not have the same issues, which should mean this is not a bug in the xorg-server/nvidia- driver. Switching back to gdm using 'dpkg-reconfigure gdm' gets the black screen back, switching to kdm again, and then it works fine.
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