Force the intel driver over the default modesetting

Make this text file

/etc/X11/xorg.conf.d/20-intel.conf

with this content:

Section "Device"   
   Identifier  "Intel Graphics"
   Driver      "intel"
#  Option      "AccelMethod" "uxa"  #could also use the default "sna"
   Option      "TearFree"     "true"
EndSection

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Change acceleration method

The intel graphics driver can sometimes cause various window artifacts such as seemingly corrurpted text and screen tearing. This can be caused by the default acceleration method, called sna (sandy bridge new acceleration)

One alternative, especially on older intel chipsets, is to use the older acceleration method, uxa.