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I have Lubuntu 16.04. It is running on a Thinkpad X201 using Intel graphics devices (no Nvidia here).

After I watch a video on Youtube or use mplayer to watch a video, the screen flickers black right up to where my mouse cursor is.

It looks like this.

Logging out and logging back in resolves the issue.

Update: This only occurs when the mouse cursor is more than about an inch from the right hand side of the screen.

Any thoughts on how I can fix this?

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Using

sudo apt-get install xserver-xorg-video-intel

fixed the issue for me.

However, now the mouse cursor disappears when waking from sleep. I haven't found a fix for this, but a work-around is to use Ctrl+Alt+F1 and then Ctrl+Alt+F7.

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    The second thing you mention here has stopped the flickering and is a quick fix... I installed the package, and if I never see the flickering again, I will try to remember to report back. Thanks.
    – Totem
    Jul 1, 2016 at 16:18
  • That's totally weired! I solved a flickering problem by removing xorg intel drive Jan 15, 2017 at 0:45
  • @AntonioMolinaro: The plot thickened... and then it congealed. Super weird.
    – Richard
    Jan 15, 2017 at 5:47
  • Running this command crashed my OS. I can no longer reach the login screen.
    – rupumped
    Dec 12, 2019 at 21:48

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