This also impacts me. Screen becomes garbled quicker if Firefox is
running. Screen takes a bit longer to become garbled if only Thunderbird
is running.

I tried Cory's fix above, and it hasn't garbled the screen in about 45
minutes minutes with Firefox, Thunderbird, and other graphical apps
running simultaneously. On my system the file
/usr/share/X11/xorg.conf.d/20-intel.conf didn't exist, so I created it
with the contents that Cory provided.

>From uname -a:
Linux gandalf 4.2.0-16-generic #19-Ubuntu SMP Thu Oct 8 14:46:51 UTC 2015 i686 
i686 i686 GNU/Linux

>From lspci:
00:02.0 VGA compatible controller: Intel Corporation 82945G/GZ Integrated 
Graphics Controller (rev 02) (prog-if 00 [VGA controller])
        Subsystem: ASUSTeK Computer Inc. Device 817a
        Flags: bus master, fast devsel, latency 0, IRQ 16
        Memory at dfd00000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=512K]
        I/O ports at b800 [size=8]
        Memory at c0000000 (32-bit, prefetchable) [size=256M]
        Memory at dfd80000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=256K]
        Expansion ROM at <unassigned> [disabled]
        Capabilities: [90] MSI: Enable- Count=1/1 Maskable- 64bit-
        Capabilities: [d0] Power Management version 2
        Kernel driver in use: i915

I see these messages in the syslog that seem to correspond to each time that 
the screen becomes garbled: 
Oct 31 18:25:16 gandalf kernel: [22669.004026] [drm] stuck on render ring
Oct 31 18:25:16 gandalf kernel: [22669.006035] [drm] GPU HANG: ecode 
3:0:0x677fff41, in Xorg [960], reason: Ring hung, action: reset
Oct 31 18:25:16 gandalf kernel: [22669.006040] [drm] GPU hangs can indicate a 
bug anywhere in the entire gfx stack, including userspace.
Oct 31 18:25:16 gandalf kernel: [22669.006042] [drm] Please file a _new_ bug 
report on bugs.freedesktop.org against DRI -> DRM/Intel
Oct 31 18:25:16 gandalf kernel: [22669.006045] [drm] drm/i915 developers can 
then reassign to the right component if it's not a kernel issue.
Oct 31 18:25:16 gandalf kernel: [22669.006047] [drm] The gpu crash dump is 
required to analyze gpu hangs, so please always attach it.
Oct 31 18:25:16 gandalf kernel: [22669.006050] [drm] GPU crash dump saved to 
/sys/class/drm/card0/error
Oct 31 18:25:16 gandalf kernel: [22669.006151] ------------[ cut here 
]------------
Oct 31 18:25:16 gandalf kernel: [22669.006225] WARNING: CPU: 0 PID: 357 at 
/build/linux-hXawIp/linux-4.2.0/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/intel_display.c:3294 
intel_crtc_wait_for_pending_flips+0x17c/0x220 [i915]()
Oct 31 18:25:16 gandalf kernel: [22669.006234] WARN_ON(ret)
Oct 31 18:25:16 gandalf kernel: [22669.006241] Modules linked in: ftdi_sio 
usbserial snd_hda_codec_analog snd_hda_codec_generic gpio_ich snd_hda_intel 
snd_hda_codec snd_hda_core snd_hwdep joydev snd_pcm snd_seq_midi 
snd_seq_midi_event snd_rawmidi input_leds snd_seq serio_raw snd_seq_device 
snd_timer snd 8250_fintek soundcore asus_atk0110 lpc_ich shpchp mac_hid 
parport_pc ppdev lp parport autofs4 jitterentropy_rng drbg ansi_cprng xts 
gf128mul algif_skcipher af_alg dm_crypt hid_generic usbhid hid i915 video 
firewire_ohci i2c_algo_bit drm_kms_helper firewire_core r8169 crc_itu_t 
pata_acpi drm mii
Oct 31 18:25:16 gandalf kernel: [22669.006379] CPU: 0 PID: 357 Comm: 
kworker/u8:3 Not tainted 4.2.0-16-generic #19-Ubuntu
Oct 31 18:25:16 gandalf kernel: [22669.006385] Hardware name: System 
manufacturer System Product Name/P5L8L-SE, BIOS 0201    10/09/2007
Oct 31 18:25:16 gandalf kernel: [22669.006439] Workqueue: i915-hangcheck 
i915_hangcheck_elapsed [i915]
Oct 31 18:25:16 gandalf kernel: [22669.006446]  c1a629a7 fc2bbb5e 00000000 
f5701d48 c175dae1 f5701d88 f5701d78 c106a687
Oct 31 18:25:16 gandalf kernel: [22669.006462]  f8d6a8e9 f5701da8 00000165 
f8d5ca44 00000cde f8cff22c f8cff22c f5460000
Oct 31 18:25:16 gandalf kernel: [22669.006478]  f5a1e434 00000001 f5701d94 
c106a6fe 00000009 f5701d88 f8d6a8e9 f5701da8
Oct 31 18:25:16 gandalf kernel: [22669.006493] Call Trace:
Oct 31 18:25:16 gandalf kernel: [22669.006510]  [<c175dae1>] 
dump_stack+0x41/0x52
Oct 31 18:25:16 gandalf kernel: [22669.006523]  [<c106a687>] 
warn_slowpath_common+0x87/0xc0
Oct 31 18:25:16 gandalf kernel: [22669.006581]  [<f8cff22c>] ? 
intel_crtc_wait_for_pending_flips+0x17c/0x220 [i915]
Oct 31 18:25:16 gandalf kernel: [22669.006636]  [<f8cff22c>] ? 
intel_crtc_wait_for_pending_flips+0x17c/0x220 [i915]
Oct 31 18:25:16 gandalf kernel: [22669.006649]  [<c106a6fe>] 
warn_slowpath_fmt+0x3e/0x60
Oct 31 18:25:16 gandalf kernel: [22669.006707]  [<f8cff22c>] 
intel_crtc_wait_for_pending_flips+0x17c/0x220 [i915]
Oct 31 18:25:16 gandalf kernel: [22669.006753]  [<f8b1ffd4>] ? 
drm_modeset_lock_all_crtcs+0x84/0x90 [drm]
Oct 31 18:25:16 gandalf kernel: [22669.006809]  [<f8d005f4>] 
intel_crtc_disable_planes+0x34/0xf0 [i915]
Oct 31 18:25:16 gandalf kernel: [22669.006863]  [<f8d0075a>] 
intel_prepare_reset+0x6a/0x80 [i915]
Oct 31 18:25:16 gandalf kernel: [22669.006912]  [<f8cd27b7>] 
i915_handle_error+0x147/0x6e0 [i915]
Oct 31 18:25:16 gandalf kernel: [22669.006924]  [<c10be1bd>] ? 
log_store+0x1cd/0x210
Oct 31 18:25:16 gandalf kernel: [22669.006937]  [<c10bfa91>] ? 
vprintk_default+0x41/0x60
Oct 31 18:25:16 gandalf kernel: [22669.006986]  [<f8cd2fd3>] 
i915_hangcheck_elapsed+0x233/0x410 [i915]
Oct 31 18:25:16 gandalf kernel: [22669.006999]  [<c10810b5>] 
process_one_work+0x155/0x3e0
Oct 31 18:25:16 gandalf kernel: [22669.007010]  [<c1081377>] 
worker_thread+0x37/0x490
Oct 31 18:25:16 gandalf kernel: [22669.007019]  [<c1081340>] ? 
process_one_work+0x3e0/0x3e0
Oct 31 18:25:16 gandalf kernel: [22669.007030]  [<c1086a56>] kthread+0xa6/0xc0
Oct 31 18:25:16 gandalf kernel: [22669.007019]  [<c1081340>] ? 
process_one_work+0x3e0/0x3e0
Oct 31 18:25:16 gandalf kernel: [22669.007030]  [<c1086a56>] kthread+0xa6/0xc0
Oct 31 18:25:16 gandalf kernel: [22669.007042]  [<c1763741>] 
ret_from_kernel_thread+0x21/0x30
Oct 31 18:25:16 gandalf kernel: [22669.007050]  [<c10869b0>] ? 
kthread_create_on_node+0x170/0x170
Oct 31 18:25:16 gandalf kernel: [22669.007056] ---[ end trace b71e971205ef4bc7 
]---
Oct 31 18:25:16 gandalf kernel: [22669.042261] drm/i915: Resetting chip after 
gpu hang

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