Nas notas de lançamento do Linux Mint 18.2:
Known Issues Cinnamon freezes when changing resolution (Intel GPU)
If your Intel GPU is recent enough (2007 or newer) it is recommended to remove the legacy Intel driver "xserver-xorg-video-intel" and to use the built-in modesetting driver instead:
apt remove xserver-xorg-video-intel sudo reboot
Not only will the modesetting fix the freeze issue when changing resolutions, it should also work better with Cinnamon and produce better performance.
The legacy driver is no longer maintained and only useful for the old i800x and i900x family of chipsets.
Isso funcionou, para qualquer outra pessoa que tenha esse excelente e (principalmente) laptop pronto para Linux.