Found workaround in ubuntu forums, somehow I missed this when I was searching earlier. I'll leave this ticket just in case it helps in fixing the bug, but following the suggestion in the link below got me around the BUG. I'm assuming it's reported somewhere else and I just didn't spot it because of the subject they used....
http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?p=4123324#post4123324 -- [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 the bug contact for Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list [email protected] https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
