Thanks ergod for the solution! I upgraded to kernel 2.6.31-12-386 and it works again fine. I followed the wiki and documented the steps (in German) here: http://forum.ubuntuusers.de/topic/nach-update-nur-noch-low-graphics-mode/ where people have the same bug.
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