On my system /usr/share/X11/xorg:conf:d/20-intel.conf did not exist. Creating it with the following content solved the crashes:
me@host:/usr/share/X11/xorg.conf.d# cat 20-intel.conf Section "Device" Identifier "Card0" Driver "Intel" Option "AccelMethod" "uxa" EndSection Crashes were consistently reproducible when de-maximizing libreoffice writer -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1510970 Title: Intel driver crashes on Ubuntu 15.10 To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/xserver-xorg-video-intel/+bug/1510970/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs