it's still trying to work with backports stuff... :-( (could it be worthwhile to, as jmgibson1981 suggested, "downgrade [mesa] to stock"? would downgrading the package be anything like the process suggested in this post on linux & unix stack exchange? i am trying to learn about troubleshooting...)
Sorry for delay - wasn't at computer yesterday.
The output is different. That suggests it was something to do with packages from Backports.
Can you run this to check what versions are installed of the packages?
Code:
$ apt policy mesa-vulkan-drivers libglx-mesa0:i386 mesa-vulkan-drivers:i386 libgl1-mesa-dri:i386
no need to apologize!! ^_^
Code:
root@vourdalak ~# apt policy mesa-vulkan-drivers libglx-mesa0:i386 mesa-vulkan-drivers:i386 libgl1-mesa-dri:i386mesa-vulkan-drivers: Installed: (none) Candidate: 25.0.7-2lines 1-3...skipping...mesa-vulkan-drivers: Installed: (none) Candidate: 25.0.7-2 Version table: 25.0.7-2 500 500 http://debian.csail.mit.edu/debian trixie/main amd64 Packageslibglx-mesa0:i386: Installed: (none) Candidate: 25.0.7-2 Version table: 25.0.7-2 500 500 http://debian.csail.mit.edu/debian trixie/main i386 Packagesmesa-vulkan-drivers:i386: Installed: (none) Candidate: 25.0.7-2 Version table: 25.0.7-2 500 500 http://debian.csail.mit.edu/debian trixie/main i386 Packageslibgl1-mesa-dri:i386: Installed: (none) Candidate: 25.0.7-2Statistics: Posted by finalgirlfall — 2026-02-04 17:24