Hi, I am also plagued by this very annoying bug. I am running Ubuntu 16.04 kernel 4.3.0-7-generic #18-Ubuntu SMP Tue Jan 19 15:46:45 UTC 2016 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux on a Dell XPS 13 9343 This particular laptop has a mini DisplayPort output which I connected to a DisplayPort MST hub. The DisplayPort outputs from this hub are connected with DP to HDMI cables to 3 full HD monitors. My dmesg shows lots of: [drm:gen8_irq_handler [i915]] *ERROR* The master control interrupt lied (SDE)! I also see in the kernel log: [ 92.948779] i915 0000:00:02.0: BAR 6: [??? 0x00000000 flags 0x2] has bogus alignment [ 93.451068] ACPI Error: Cannot release Mutex [PATM], not acquired (20150818/exmutex-376) [ 93.451073] ACPI Error: Method parse/execution failed [\_SB.PCI0.LPCB.ECDV._Q66] (Node ffff8802170cae10), AE_AML_MUTEX_NOT_ACQUIRED (20150818/psparse-542) [ 288.672984] ------------[ cut here ]------------ [ 288.673012] WARNING: CPU: 3 PID: 1278 at /build/linux-HskGKW/linux-4.3.0/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/intel_uncore.c:620 hsw_unclaimed_reg_debug+0x69/0x90 [i915]() [ 288.673014] Unclaimed register detected before writing to register 0x44414 [ 288.673015] Modules linked in: rfcomm xt_addrtype xt_conntrack ipt_MASQUERADE nf_nat_masquerade_ipv4 iptable_nat nf_conntrack_ipv4 nf_defrag_ipv4 nf_nat_ipv4 iptable_filter ip_tables x_tables nf_nat nf_conntrack bridge stp llc pci_stub vboxpci(OE) vboxnetadp(OE) vboxnetflt(OE) aufs vboxdrv(OE) binfmt_misc bnep btusb btrtl btbcm btintel bluetooth snd_usb_audio hid_generic snd_usbmidi_lib uvcvideo videobuf2_vmalloc videobuf2_memops videobuf2_core v4l2_common videodev media hid_multitouch dell_wmi sparse_keymap dell_laptop dcdbas snd_hda_codec_hdmi intel_rapl x86_pkg_temp_thermal intel_powerclamp coretemp crct10dif_pclmul crc32_pclmul wl(POE) aesni_intel aes_x86_64 lrw gf128mul glue_helper ablk_helper cryptd input_leds joydev serio_raw dell_led intel_pch_thermal snd_hda_codec_realtek snd_hda_codec_generic [ 288.673057] cfg80211 mei_me lpc_ich rtsx_pci_ms memstick mei shpchp snd_hda_intel snd_hda_codec snd_hda_core snd_hwdep snd_soc_ssm4567 elan_i2c soc_button_array int3403_thermal dw_dmac dw_dmac_core 8250_dw snd_soc_sst_acpi spi_pxa2xx_platform i2c_designware_platform i2c_designware_core int3402_thermal mac_hid tpm_crb processor_thermal_device int340x_thermal_zone acpi_als int3400_thermal acpi_pad intel_soc_dts_iosf acpi_thermal_rel kfifo_buf industrialio kvm_intel kvm snd_soc_rt286 snd_soc_rl6347a snd_soc_core snd_compress ac97_bus snd_pcm_dmaengine snd_pcm snd_seq_midi snd_seq_midi_event snd_rawmidi snd_seq snd_seq_device snd_timer snd soundcore parport_pc ppdev lp parport autofs4 btrfs xor hid_logitech_hidpp hid_logitech_dj raid6_pq usbhid rtsx_pci_sdmmc i915 i2c_algo_bit drm_kms_helper psmouse [ 288.673096] syscopyarea sysfillrect sysimgblt fb_sys_fops ahci drm libahci rtsx_pci wmi video sdhci_acpi i2c_hid sdhci hid fjes [ 288.673108] CPU: 3 PID: 1278 Comm: Xorg Tainted: P OE 4.3.0-7-generic #18-Ubuntu [ 288.673110] Hardware name: Dell Inc. XPS 13 9343/09K8G1, BIOS A07 11/11/2015 [ 288.673112] 0000000000000000 0000000066689b11 ffff8800c2afbb70 ffffffff813d2674 [ 288.673115] ffff8800c2afbbb8 ffff8800c2afbba8 ffffffff8107d6e2 ffff880211600000 [ 288.673117] 0000000000044414 0000000000044414 ffff880211600080 0000000000000046 [ 288.673119] Call Trace: [ 288.673125] [] dump_stack+0x44/0x60 [ 288.673128] [] warn_slowpath_common+0x82/0xc0 [ 288.673130] [] warn_slowpath_fmt+0x5c/0x80 [ 288.673146] [] hsw_unclaimed_reg_debug+0x69/0x90 [i915] [ 288.673160] [] gen8_write32+0x5a/0x1b0 [i915] [ 288.673169] [] gen8_enable_vblank+0x5d/0x90 [i915] [ 288.673180] [] drm_vblank_enable+0x79/0xd0 [drm] [ 288.673187] [] drm_vblank_get+0xa1/0xd0 [drm] [ 288.673195] [] drm_wait_vblank+0x90/0x5c0 [drm] [ 288.673203] [] drm_ioctl+0x138/0x500 [drm] [ 288.673211] [] ? drm_modeset_ctl+0x60/0x60 [drm] [ 288.673214] [] do_vfs_ioctl+0x295/0x480 [ 288.673217] [] SyS_ioctl+0x79/0x90 [ 288.673221] [] entry_SYSCALL_64_fastpath+0x16/0x71 As a consequence, my monitors randomly turn black and on again for about half a second to a full second. This happens in no particular order, sometimes only one is exhibiting this behavior, sometimes two at the same time, sometimes they do it a lot and at other times just once in a while. But when they start to flicker, I noticed it especially happens with the monitor that is currently focused. Now the really interesting thing I have noticed is that this only happens when my monitors are at the 1920 x 1080 resolution. If I switch to 1280 x 1024, this never ever happens. Hope this makes things a bit clearer for somebody out there.