Brandon Schaefer, thank you for reporting this and helping make Ubuntu better.
As per http://support.lenovo.com/us/en/products/Laptops-and- netbooks/ThinkPad-T-Series-laptops/ThinkPad- T450s?tabName=Downloads&linkTrack=Mast:SubNav:Support:Drivers%20and%20Software|Drivers%20and%20Software&beta=false an update to your computer's buggy, insecure, and outdated BIOS is available (1.24). When you update to this following https://help.ubuntu.com/community/BIOSUpdate how does this improve the situation? For more on BIOS updates and linux, please see https://help.ubuntu.com/community/ReportingBugs#Bug_reporting_etiquette . Once the BIOS is updated, if the problem is still reproducible: 1) Please provide the output of the following terminal command (not perform an apport-collect): sudo dmidecode -s bios-version && sudo dmidecode -s bios-release-date 2) Please make a comment specifically advising on how this improves the situation. 3) Please mark this report Status New. If it's not reproducible, please mark this as Invalid. Thank you for your help. ** Tags added: bios-outdated-1.24 ** No longer affects: xorg-server (Ubuntu) ** Changed in: xorg (Ubuntu) Importance: High => Low ** Changed in: xorg (Ubuntu) Status: New => Incomplete -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Touch seeded packages, which is subscribed to xorg in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1618672 Title: Screen flashes as if the display mode is using garbage values for the top/left and wraps around Status in xorg package in Ubuntu: Incomplete Bug description: When typing/moving workspace or anything it will randomly happen where the display will flash around. Sometimes it'll get stuck like this: http://i.imgur.com/VSCQZq3.jpg Ive no way to reproduce sadly, but at the worst point the screen will start flashing black and I have to reboot. ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 16.10 Package: xorg 1:7.7+13ubuntu3 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 4.4.0-9136.55-generic 4.4.16 Uname: Linux 4.4.0-9136-generic x86_64 .tmp.unity_support_test.0: ApportVersion: 2.20.3-0ubuntu7 Architecture: amd64 CompizPlugins: No value set for `/apps/compiz-1/general/screen0/options/active_plugins' CompositorRunning: compiz CompositorUnredirectDriverBlacklist: '(nouveau|Intel).*Mesa 8.0' CompositorUnredirectFSW: true CurrentDesktop: Unity Date: Tue Aug 30 19:34:28 2016 DistUpgraded: 2016-01-04 12:05:30,294 DEBUG enabling apt cron job DistroCodename: yakkety DistroVariant: ubuntu ExtraDebuggingInterest: Yes, including running git bisection searches GraphicsCard: Intel Corporation HD Graphics 5500 [8086:1616] (rev 09) (prog-if 00 [VGA controller]) Subsystem: Lenovo HD Graphics 5500 [17aa:5036] InstallationDate: Installed on 2015-12-21 (253 days ago) InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 15.10 "Wily Werewolf" - Release amd64 (20151021) MachineType: LENOVO 20BXCTO1WW ProcKernelCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-4.4.0-9136-generic.efi.signed root=UUID=21d99ce3-7e95-44e2-a708-10cf194e0be5 ro quiet splash vt.handoff=7 SourcePackage: xorg UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to yakkety on 2016-01-04 (239 days ago) dmi.bios.date: 11/06/2015 dmi.bios.vendor: LENOVO dmi.bios.version: JBET54WW (1.19 ) dmi.board.asset.tag: Not Available dmi.board.name: 20BXCTO1WW dmi.board.vendor: LENOVO dmi.board.version: SDK0J40709 WIN dmi.chassis.asset.tag: No Asset Information dmi.chassis.type: 10 dmi.chassis.vendor: LENOVO dmi.chassis.version: None dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnLENOVO:bvrJBET54WW(1.19):bd11/06/2015:svnLENOVO:pn20BXCTO1WW:pvrThinkPadT450s:rvnLENOVO:rn20BXCTO1WW:rvrSDK0J40709WIN:cvnLENOVO:ct10:cvrNone: dmi.product.name: 20BXCTO1WW dmi.product.version: ThinkPad T450s dmi.sys.vendor: LENOVO version.compiz: compiz 1:0.9.13.0+16.10.20160818.2-0ubuntu1 version.ia32-libs: ia32-libs N/A version.libdrm2: libdrm2 2.4.70-1 version.libgl1-mesa-dri: libgl1-mesa-dri 12.0.1-3ubuntu2 version.libgl1-mesa-dri-experimental: libgl1-mesa-dri-experimental N/A version.libgl1-mesa-glx: libgl1-mesa-glx 12.0.1-3ubuntu2 version.xserver-xorg-core: xserver-xorg-core 2:1.18.4-1ubuntu4 version.xserver-xorg-input-evdev: xserver-xorg-input-evdev 1:2.10.2-1ubuntu1 version.xserver-xorg-video-ati: xserver-xorg-video-ati 1:7.7.0-1 version.xserver-xorg-video-intel: xserver-xorg-video-intel 2:2.99.917+git20160706-1ubuntu1 version.xserver-xorg-video-nouveau: xserver-xorg-video-nouveau 1:1.0.12-2 xserver.bootTime: Tue Aug 30 19:24:57 2016 xserver.configfile: default xserver.errors: xserver.logfile: /var/log/Xorg.0.log xserver.version: 2:1.18.4-1ubuntu4 xserver.video_driver: modeset To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/xorg/+bug/1618672/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~touch-packages Post to : touch-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~touch-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
