Aw poo

Well, thanks for explaining. My distro version still has a year of support and I can't upgrade right now. But the Windows build with Proton Experimental seems to work fine (minus a few workaround-able quirks that I don't think are Factorio's fault), so it's all good for me at least!

Assuming this is the same problem as in berggen's thread, this is not just an issue with Steam as was suggested there. If this is the same glibc issue, it occurs with the standalone Linux client as well.

That means the game was not actually started so this is a steam issue. Check the steam logs.


This is an issue with the standalone Linux version as well.

I'm on a distro based on Ubuntu 22.04 and upgrading is not something I can do right now.

I compiled glibc 2.36 and after a lot of poking I ...

jabbablob wrote: Tue Jun 23, 2026 12:35 pm Is it not starting for anyone else on Steam on Linux?

Yep: viewtopic.php?t=134100
EDIT: and viewtopic.php?t=134112