Tom Winterhalder, regarding nouveau, given it still fully supports your chipset, you may want to file a new reported scoped to nouveau about the resolution issue via a terminal: ubuntu-bug xorg
Please ensure you have xdiagnose installed, and that you click the Yes button for attaching additional debugging information. Also, please feel free to subscribe me to it. ** Summary changed: - 10de:0cbc [HP EliteBook 8540w] Flickering with Ubuntu 14.04 + 10de:0cbc [HP EliteBook 8540w] Flickering with Ubuntu 14.04 and nvidia driver -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1314367 Title: 10de:0cbc [HP EliteBook 8540w] Flickering with Ubuntu 14.04 and nvidia driver To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/nvidia-drivers-ubuntu/+bug/1314367/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs