The cause of this issue seems to be in fact Linux kernel
4.14.0-041400rc7 :
With Linux kernel 4.16.0-041600rc5 from http://kernel.ubuntu.com
/~kernel-ppa/mainline and kernel option 'acpi_osi=! acpi_osi="Windows
2009"', Xorg works correctly.
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