Same happened to me on a satellite S1800-700 when upgrading from 6.06 to 8.04 with update-manager. I could not start with Live CD on this machine also. I could solve it adding "NoDDC" on installed version.
-- [Hardy Alpha-3] xserver-xorg-core /usr/bin/X goes into infinate loop on Toshiba Satellite 1800 PS181C Trident https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/181176 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs