Comment 21 for bug 277699

Thank you Dan Fouquette that worked like a champ!

I wasn't sure how to get to the Recovery Mode, until I hit the 'Esc' key in the 3 seconds before the system auto-boots.
Then once in Recovery Mode picked the Command Line with Root option.
Finally did your one liner

sudo apt-get remove compiz compiz-core

I hit Y to conifrm.
Then once it did its magic and removed compiz I typed
reboot
then pressed enter and booted up Ubuntu 8.10, logged in without the black screen of death.