Hopefully useful, running apt list *vulkan* gives me this:

libvulkan-dev/jammy 1.3.204.1-2 amd64
libvulkan-dev/jammy 1.3.204.1-2 i386
libvulkan-volk-dev/jammy,jammy 1.2.198-1 all
libvulkan1/jammy,now 1.3.204.1-2 amd64 [installed]
libvulkan1/jammy,now 1.3.204.1-2 i386 [installed]
mesa-vulkan ...

raiguard wrote: Tue Jul 15, 2025 11:51 pm Do you have the Vulkan libraries installed on your system? I'm curious if this is a flaw in the way SDL handles the absence of Vulkan.

I might have pulled them in at some point, I'm not sure. How should I check?

Hello, after the latest update, Factorio crashes when I try to start it up. I see the black window pop up, but the game does not reach the menu.

What did you do?

I launched Factorio via Steam.

What happened?

Steam's "Starting Game" window popped up for maybe a second, then I saw the black ...

Having rummaged around the forums a bit, I've found this thread which is almost certainly a bug report that duplicates my suggestion: https://forums.factorio.com/viewtopic.php?f=182&t=117363&p=624953&hilit=alert+quality#p624953

It's currently in "Assigned" status - does this mean I needn't worry ...

TL;DR
Alert icons can have qualities, from Common to Legendary. When a programmable speaker shows an alert, the quality information is lost, and only the icon is shown. I think the quality should also be shown

What?

I can configure an alert on a speaker with a quality, like this Legendary 5 ...