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Posted: **Fri Mar 20, 2026 8:28 pm**

Factorio crashes on startup and the proccess remains running. It appears on the taskbar but never goes into fullscreen.

Crash log (also attached as file):

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   0.000 2026-03-20 22:00:08; Factorio 2.0.76 (build 84451, linux64, steam)
   0.000 Operating system: Linux
   0.000 Initializing Steam API.
   0.000 Program arguments: "/var/home/evan/.local/share/Steam/steamapps/common/Factorio/bin/x64/factorio"
   0.000 Config path: /var/home/evan/.factorio/config/config.ini
   0.000 Read data path: /var/home/evan/.local/share/Steam/steamapps/common/Factorio/data
   0.000 Write data path: /var/home/evan/.factorio [28497/476938MB]
   0.000 Binaries path: /var/home/evan/.local/share/Steam/steamapps/common/Factorio/bin
   0.009 System info: [CPU: AMD Ryzen 5 3600 6-Core Processor, 12 cores, RAM: 23967 MB]
   0.009 Environment: DISPLAY=:0 WAYLAND_DISPLAY=wayland-0 DESKTOP_SESSION=plasma XDG_SESSION_DESKTOP=KDE XDG_CURRENT_DESKTOP=KDE SDL_VIDEODRIVER=<unset> __GL_FSAA_MODE=<unset> __GL_LOG_MAX_ANISO=<unset> __GL_SYNC_TO_VBLANK=<unset> __GL_SORT_FBCONFIGS=<unset> __GL_YIELD=<unset>
   0.020 Display options: [FullScreen: true] [VSync: true] [UIScale: automatic (100.0%)] [Native DPI: true] [Screen: 255] [Special: lmw] [Lang: en]
   1.003 Video driver: x11
   1.003 Available displays: 2
   1.003  [0]: DP-1 24" - {[0,0], 1920x1080, SDL_PIXELFORMAT_RGB888, 144Hz}
   1.003  [1]: HDMI-A-1 22" - {[1920,0], 1080x1920, SDL_PIXELFORMAT_RGB888, 75Hz}
   1.183 Initialised OpenGL:[0] NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 6GB/PCIe/SSE2; driver: 3.3.0 NVIDIA 580.95.05
   1.183   [Extensions] s3tc:yes; KHR_debug:yes; ARB_clear_texture:yes, ARB_copy_image:yes, ARB_pipeline_statistics_query:yes, ARB_gl_spirv:yes, ARB_ES2_compatibility:yes
   1.183   [Version] 3.3
   1.365 Error CrashHandler.cpp:643: Received 6
Factorio crashed. Generating symbolized stacktrace, please wait ...
src/Util/StacktraceToStream.cpp (52): walkStackAndPrintToStream
src/Util/StacktraceToStream.cpp (60): printStacktraceToStream
src/Util/Logger.cpp (336): writeStacktrace
src/Util/Logger.cpp (381): logStacktrace
src/Util/CrashHandler.cpp (181): writeStackTrace
src/Util/CrashHandler.cpp (644): commonSignalHandler
src/Util/CrashHandler.cpp (652): SignalHandler
0x7f0447acd28f
__pthread_kill_implementation
raise
abort
__libc_message_impl.cold
malloc_printerr
malloc_printerr_tail
0x7f042324e5fb
0x7f042325d2f5
0x7f04232cea43
0x7f04233d9223
start_thread
__GI___clone3
0xffffffffffffffff
Stack trace logging done

Tested various versions:

2.0.76 crash
2.0.75 crash
2.0.69 crash
2.0.60 crash
2.0.32 works
2.0.7 works

Tested:
both x11 and wayland in factorio's config.ini

Posted: **Sat Mar 21, 2026 9:49 am**

Try running directly, not through Steam. Download the game from https://factorio.com/download

Posted: **Sat Mar 21, 2026 8:09 pm**

pioruns wrote: Sat Mar 21, 2026 9:49 am Try running directly, not through Steam. Download the game from https://factorio.com/download

Huh, works just fine this way. Any idea why? I'd like to avoid having to move my saves, blueprints, etc. out of the steam cloud.

EDIT: changed write data directory to .factorio and got all my saves etc.

Posted: **Sat Mar 21, 2026 11:51 pm**

Glad you sorted it.

I think that's the reason:

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Environment: DISPLAY=:0 WAYLAND_DISPLAY=wayland-0
Video driver: x11

You are running Wayland but X11 gets involved somehow, and game crashes. Maybe Steam is telling it to do it - do you have Steam installed indirectly via some Snap or Flatpak?

I've checked my logs (running Factorio directly), and I see:

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WAYLAND_DISPLAY=wayland-0
Video driver: wayland

That's how it should be I guess.

Posted: **Sun Mar 22, 2026 12:16 am**

pioruns wrote: Sat Mar 21, 2026 11:51 pm Glad you sorted it.

I think that's the reason:
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Environment: DISPLAY=:0 WAYLAND_DISPLAY=wayland-0
Video driver: x11
You are running Wayland but X11 gets involved somehow, and game crashes. Maybe Steam is telling it to do it - do you have Steam installed indirectly via some Snap or Flatpak?

I've checked my logs (running Factorio directly), and I see:
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WAYLAND_DISPLAY=wayland-0
Video driver: wayland
That's how it should be I guess.

Probably not, because the same env vars show up in the standalone version. I don't know exactly how Bazzite installs steam, but I know it's deliberately not a snap nor flatpak, to avoid issues.

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   0.000 2026-03-21 22:06:56; Factorio 2.0.76 (build 84451, linux64, full)
   0.011 Operating system: Linux (Bazzite 43)
   0.011 Program arguments: "/home/evan/Games/factorio/bin/x64/factorio" 
   0.011 Config path: /var/home/evan/Games/factorio/config/config.ini
   0.011 Read data path: /var/home/evan/Games/factorio/data
   0.011 Write data path: /var/home/evan/Games/factorio [22809/476938MB]
   0.011 Binaries path: /var/home/evan/Games/factorio/bin
   0.018 System info: [CPU: AMD Ryzen 5 3600 6-Core Processor, 12 cores, RAM: 23967 MB]
   0.018 Environment: DISPLAY=:0 WAYLAND_DISPLAY=wayland-0 DESKTOP_SESSION=plasma XDG_SESSION_DESKTOP=KDE XDG_CURRENT_DESKTOP=KDE SDL_VIDEODRIVER=<unset> __GL_FSAA_MODE=<unset> __GL_LOG_MAX_ANISO=<unset> __GL_SYNC_TO_VBLANK=<unset> __GL_SORT_FBCONFIGS=<unset> __GL_YIELD=<unset>

Anyway, the workaround works, thank you

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