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hmm, it happened to me a few times in the past (also with nvidia binary drivers). What I usually did was reinstall the driver and the problem went away. The 36.24-pkg1 version seems to be the latest for 32-bit versions of linux. Try reinstalling it and have a look at some notes about configuring it: http://blog.tpa.me.uk/2010/04/09/con...-on-slackware/
That is because some X application(s) printed out garbage on the text console. The video state is ok but the virtual terminal's state is wrong for you. Just "reset".
I do not think that is related to the video driver, because, apart from that,the X works fine ...
This has been a known problem with nvidia drivers for many versions now. The driver messes up the framebuffer console and nvidia haven't been bothered to try fix it (if it is down to them to do it and not x.org)
I will try that driver version though to see if it works for me too.
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