I also resolved this issue on three different machines by upgrading the xserver-xorg-video-intel driver (via the xorg-edgers PPA). For others affected, simplest solution (at your own risk!):
Probably a good idea to drop that repository from your /etc/apt/sources.list.d directory if and when a working xserver-xorg-video-intel is pushed to the main repos.
I also resolved this issue on three different machines by upgrading the xserver- xorg-video- intel driver (via the xorg-edgers PPA). For others affected, simplest solution (at your own risk!):
add-apt-repository ppa:xorg-edgers/ppa
apt-get update
apt-get upgrade
Then log out and back in. Problem solved.
Probably a good idea to drop that repository from your /etc/apt/ sources. list.d directory if and when a working xserver- xorg-video- intel is pushed to the main repos.