Strange flickering in Chromium

[Envite]

Hi all

I have a very strange and even more annoying flickering in Chromium.
My system is an ASUS laptop with an Intel GPU.

Does somebody have some idea about how to fix it?

Extra info: deinstalled (purged) and reinstalled, no help. Connected to this computer via ssh -X, remotely it did not flicker.

I have uploaded a video of this here: https://youtu.be/pGJptghyO2I

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Chromium 45.0.2454.101 Built on Ubuntu 14.04, running on LinuxMint 17.2

00:02.0 VGA compatible controller: Intel Corporation 3rd Gen Core processor Graphics Controller (rev 09)

Linux <hostname> 3.16.0-38-generic #52~14.04.1-Ubuntu SMP Fri May 8 09:43:57 UTC 2015 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux

DISTRIB_ID=LinuxMint
DISTRIB_RELEASE=17.2
DISTRIB_CODENAME=rafaela
DISTRIB_DESCRIPTION="Linux Mint 17.2 Rafaela"

[Pjotr]

Please generate an overview of your system like this:
- Launch a terminal window (this is how to launch a terminal window);
- make the terminal window full screen, to avoid chopped lines;
- copy/paste this command into the terminal:

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inxi -Fxz

(if you type: the letter F is a capital letter)

Press Enter.

Copy/paste the output in your next message.

[Envite]

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$ inxi -Fxz
System:    Host: <hostname> Kernel: 3.16.0-38-generic x86_64 (64 bit, gcc: 4.8.2) 
           Desktop: Cinnamon 2.6.13  Distro: Linux Mint 17.2 Rafaela
Machine:   Mobo: ASUSTeK model: S550CA version: 1.0 Bios: American Megatrends version: S550CA.202 date: 11/23/2012
CPU:       Dual core Intel Pentium CPU 2117U (-MCP-) cache: 2048 KB flags: (lm nx sse sse2 sse3 sse4_1 sse4_2 ssse3 vmx) bmips: 7183.54 
           Clock Speeds: 1: 885.023 MHz 2: 800.437 MHz
Graphics:  Card: Intel 3rd Gen Core processor Graphics Controller bus-ID: 00:02.0 
           X.Org: 1.15.1 drivers: intel (unloaded: fbdev,vesa) Resolution: 1366x768@60.0hz 
           GLX Renderer: Mesa DRI Intel Ivybridge Mobile GLX Version: 3.0 Mesa 10.1.3 Direct Rendering: Yes
Audio:     Card: Intel 7 Series/C210 Series Family High Definition Audio Controller driver: snd_hda_intel bus-ID: 00:1b.0 
           Sound: Advanced Linux Sound Architecture ver: k3.16.0-38-generic
Network:   Card-1: Realtek RTL8111/8168/8411 PCI Express Gigabit Ethernet Controller 
           driver: r8169 ver: 2.3LK-NAPI port: e000 bus-ID: 03:00.2
           IF: eth0 state: down mac: <filter>
           Card-2: Qualcomm Atheros AR9485 Wireless Network Adapter driver: ath9k bus-ID: 02:00.0
           IF: wlan0 state: up mac: <filter>
           Card-3: Atmel usb-ID: 001-004
           IF: N/A state: N/A speed: N/A duplex: N/A mac: N/A
Drives:    HDD Total Size: 750.2GB (66.7% used) 1: id: /dev/sda model: TOSHIBA_MQ01ABD0 size: 750.2GB 
Partition: ID: / size: 392G used: 363G (98%) fs: ext4 
RAID:      No RAID devices detected - /proc/mdstat and md_mod kernel raid module present
Sensors:   System Temperatures: cpu: 50.0C mobo: N/A 
           Fan Speeds (in rpm): cpu: N/A 
Info:      Processes: 160 Uptime: 4 days Memory: 887.7/3839.1MB Runlevel: 2 Gcc sys: 4.8.4 
           Client: Shell (bash 4.3.11) inxi: 1.9.17 

thanks

[Pjotr]

Disable hardware acceleration in Chromium (it's in the advanced settings). Does that help?

[Envite]

At first I was not sure, but now I am. That does not help.

It is more like if Chromium were receiving input from nowhere. Sometimes tabs move, and sometimes zoom level change on its own.

Thanks.