Intel IGP? Try the max texture size thing from https://forums.factorio.com/viewtopic.php?f=7&t=9300
That did it, thanks!
But now I have an issue where no boxes pop up if I pause the screen, move to another workspace (ubuntu workspaces) and then come back. I have to restart the game (after saving ...
I couldn't find any topics relevant to this and I'm not sure how to describe the problem so I took a screenshot.
Only some of the background loads and it gets dragged around as I move. also text seems to appear without a background box behind them (not sure what it is supposed to look like) and ...