For me the problem disappeared since I upgraded to the mainline kernel
4.8.9-040809-generic (my random pick) from here
http://kernel.ubuntu.com/~kernel-ppa/mainline/?C=N;O=D
as suggested by PeterPall above. Ubuntu runs like a charm, I only had to
update my VirtulBox to the 5.1 series.
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My hardware:
$ lspci -nn | grep VGA
00:02.0 VGA compatible controller [0300]: Intel Corporation 3rd Gen Core
processor Graphics Controller [8086:0166] (rev 09)
$ uname -a
Linux pine 4.4.0-38-generic #57-Ubuntu SMP Tue Sep 6 15:42:33 UTC 2016 x86_64
x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux
... on this Dell XPS
Correcting the above: my latest available kernel without this problem is
3.19.0-32-generic.
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Same problem here on a Dell XPS 13. The following three proposed
solutions did _not_ work:
* Switch from "rgb" (="subpixel"?) anti-aliasing to "grayscale".
* Uninstall xserver-xorg-video-intel to let the modesetting driver take
over.
* Ctrl+Alt+F1 then Ctrl+Alt+F7 (btw, characters in virtual
Some people say this is not an xorg problem, but is a but in the kernel.
https://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?id=209065
Indeed, I have this problem when booting the 4.2.0 and 4.2.0 kernel, but not
when booting 3.19.0.
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Had the same problem, in particular reproducible crashes when de-
maximizing libreoffice writer. Disabling SNA as suggested by Mark
Nitters above fixed it, but also instead installation of intel's latest
drivers from here https://01.org/linuxgraphics/downloads/intel-graphics-
I can produce the problem by starting an xterm and clicking (or double
clicking) the title bar. It moves one pixle to the upper left.
Same xclock, and xfontsel, but not xfig, xpdf or any software built on gnome.
Since I use a touchpad with separate mouse bottons, we can't blame a tremor
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