GdkWindow *window = gdk_draw_context_get_window (GDK_DRAW_CONTEXT (context));
GdkDisplay *display = gdk_draw_context_get_display (GDK_DRAW_CONTEXT (context));
+ /* This is necessary so that Vulkan sees the Window.
+ * Usually, vkCreateXlibSurfaceKHR() will not cause a problem to happen as
+ * it just creates resources, but futher calls with the resulting surface
+ * do cause issues.
+ */
+ gdk_display_sync (display);
+
return GDK_VK_CHECK (vkCreateXlibSurfaceKHR, gdk_vulkan_context_get_instance (context),
&(VkXlibSurfaceCreateInfoKHR) {
VK_STRUCTURE_TYPE_XLIB_SURFACE_CREATE_INFO_KHR,