Comment 12 for bug 187671

I have a Philips X59 (yet another UK-only rebranded Dixons laptop) with the same problem. I ought to mention that the alternate install CD (available from http://releases.ubuntu.com/releases/8.04/ ) uses debian-installer, and it should take the boot option sdhci.blacklist=yes , as suggested by Jennifer on bug #90271 (the option is understood by debian-installer, not by the kernel).

I installed 7.04 using the alternate install CD using a messy approach (see http://ubuntuforums.org/showpost.php?p=1844744&postcount=18 ). Then I compiled a custom kernel and kept it frozen through the 7.10 upgrade. For 8.04 I'm going to do a clean install and simply blacklist the module. I'll post the results, in case it helps anyone.