The screen flickers and shuts down at certain mouse cursor positions

[Aravisian]

Have you tried modestting driver?
You can test the i915.modeset=0 kernel parameter:

[HOW TO] add a grub parameter

There may be times that a user must add a specialized grub parameter in order to overcome an issue. The purpose of this guide is not to provide parameters, as that would be a case by case basis. It is to provide a guide on how to add one. To add a parameter, in a terminal (TTY, Recovery Prompt or Terminal Emulator) run: sudo nano /etc/default/grub Arrow key down to GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX_DEFAULT="quiet splash" and place your parameter within the quotation tags. For example if you are adding th…

In your case, use i915.modeset=0 Not nomodeset and remember to run

sudo update-grub

after saving the changes to grub file, then once grub is updated, reboot to test.