So I applied this "big hammer" solution of the patch to the Trusty (14.04) Xenial HWE kernel (4.4.0-47.68~14.04.1) and this fixes the bug. I'll give it some more testing, while bisecting v4.0 to v4.1.
** Bug watch added: freedesktop.org Bugzilla #98832 https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=98832 ** Also affects: xorg-server via https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=98832 Importance: Unknown Status: Unknown -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu-X, which is subscribed to xorg in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1643843 Title: Distorted colours after suspend / resume cycle To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/xorg-server/+bug/1643843/+subscriptions _______________________________________________ Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~ubuntu-x-swat Post to : ubuntu-x-swat@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~ubuntu-x-swat More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp