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Old 30th May 2016, 08:38
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Ubuntu 16.04 graphics problems

Appealing to anyone with any Ubuntu knowledge!
I have a ThinkPad T450s which has an Intel Graphics 5500 chip in it. On 15.10 graphics ran really well and I could connect external monitors etc. However, on 16.04 I have encountered some problems with the graphics:
Display flickering when trying to render graphics on screen (this can be as much as a particularly animated website or YouTube video)
External monitor dropping out (I have a bug open for this: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+bug/1574617)
Anti-aliasing doesn't seem to work very well

My Launchpad bug report was originally for a T410 laptop which suffered the same issues on 16.04 but not on 15.10; my new Thinkpad is exactly the same - runs fine on 15.10 and not on 16.04. I'm wondering if it's a 'Thinkpad thing' or maybe I'm doing something stupid?

Thanks for any help,

(By the way - on both versions I tried with Intel graphics drivers: they seemed to make no difference on 15.10 and reduced the issues in 16.04)
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