Dolphin Emulator failed to create Vulkan surface on Garuda

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inxi -b
System:
  Host: Garuda-Linux Kernel: 6.4.12-zen1-1-zen arch: x86_64 bits: 64
    Desktop: KDE Plasma v: 5.27.7 Distro: Garuda Linux
Machine:
  Type: Desktop Mobo: ASRock model: X470 Taichi serial: <superuser required>
    UEFI: American Megatrends v: P5.10 date: 10/20/2022
CPU:
  Info: 6-core AMD Ryzen 5 5600X [MT MCP] speed (MHz): avg: 4524
    min/max: 550/4651
Graphics:
  Device-1: AMD Navi 22 [Radeon RX 6700/6700 XT/6750 XT / 6800M/6850M XT]
    driver: amdgpu v: kernel
  Display: wayland server: X.org v: 1.21.1.8 with: Xwayland v: 23.2.0
    compositor: kwin_wayland driver: X: loaded: amdgpu
    unloaded: modesetting,radeon dri: radeonsi gpu: amdgpu resolution:
    1: 2048x864 2: 1536x864 3: 1536x864
  API: OpenGL v: 4.6 Mesa 23.1.6 renderer: AMD Radeon RX 6700 XT (navi22
    LLVM 15.0.7 DRM 3.52 6.4.12-zen1-1-zen)
Network:
  Device-1: Intel Dual Band Wireless-AC 3168NGW [Stone Peak] driver: iwlwifi
  Device-2: Intel I211 Gigabit Network driver: igb
Drives:
  Local Storage: total: 2.96 TiB used: 4.14 TiB (140.1%)
Info:
  Processes: 552 Uptime: 0m Memory: total: 32 GiB available: 31.26 GiB
  used: 12.09 GiB (38.7%) Shell: fish inxi: 3.3.29

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System:
  Kernel: 6.4.12-zen1-1-zen arch: x86_64 bits: 64 compiler: gcc v: 13.2.1
    clocksource: tsc available: hpet,acpi_pm parameters: amd_pstate=active
    BOOT_IMAGE=/@/boot/vmlinuz-linux-linux-zen
    root=UUID=53e270ad-dfd5-4874-a125-69d21ada6b8d rw rootflags=subvol=@
    rd.udev.log_priority=3 vt.global_cursor_default=0 loglevel=3
    sysrq_always_enabled=1 amdgpu.ppfeaturemask=0xffffffff nowatchdog
    nmi_watchdog=0 psi=1 initrd=@\boot\initramfs-linux-zen.img
  Desktop: KDE Plasma v: 5.27.7 tk: Qt v: 5.15.10 wm: kwin_wayland vt: 1
    dm: SDDM Distro: Garuda Linux base: Arch Linux
Machine:
  Type: Desktop Mobo: ASRock model: X470 Taichi serial: <superuser required>
    UEFI: American Megatrends v: P5.10 date: 10/20/2022
Battery:
  Device-1: hidpp_battery_0 model: Logitech Wireless Mouse MX Master 3
    serial: <filter> charge: 100% (should be ignored) rechargeable: yes
    status: discharging
CPU:
  Info: model: AMD Ryzen 5 5600X bits: 64 type: MT MCP arch: Zen 3+ gen: 4
    level: v3 note: check built: 2022 process: TSMC n6 (7nm) family: 0x19 (25)
    model-id: 0x21 (33) stepping: 2 microcode: 0xA20120A
  Topology: cpus: 1x cores: 6 tpc: 2 threads: 12 smt: enabled cache:
    L1: 384 KiB desc: d-6x32 KiB; i-6x32 KiB L2: 3 MiB desc: 6x512 KiB
    L3: 32 MiB desc: 1x32 MiB
  Speed (MHz): avg: 4007 high: 4625 min/max: 550/4651 scaling:
    driver: amd-pstate-epp governor: performance cores: 1: 3699 2: 3699 3: 4624
    4: 3697 5: 4625 6: 3699 7: 3698 8: 3700 9: 4625 10: 3698 11: 4625 12: 3700
    bogomips: 88808
  Flags: avx avx2 ht lm nx pae sse sse2 sse3 sse4_1 sse4_2 sse4a ssse3 svm
  Vulnerabilities: <filter>
Graphics:
  Device-1: AMD Navi 22 [Radeon RX 6700/6700 XT/6750 XT / 6800M/6850M XT]
    vendor: Gigabyte driver: amdgpu v: kernel arch: RDNA-2 code: Navi-2x
    process: TSMC n7 (7nm) built: 2020-22 pcie: gen: 4 speed: 16 GT/s
    lanes: 16 ports: active: DP-1,DP-2,HDMI-A-2 empty: HDMI-A-1
    bus-ID: 10:00.0 chip-ID: 1002:73df class-ID: 0300
  Display: wayland server: X.org v: 1.21.1.8 with: Xwayland v: 23.2.0
    compositor: kwin_wayland driver: X: loaded: amdgpu
    unloaded: modesetting,radeon alternate: fbdev,vesa dri: radeonsi
    gpu: amdgpu d-rect: 5120x2592 display-ID: 0
  Monitor-1: DP-1 pos: bottom-r res: 2048x864 size: N/A modes: N/A
  Monitor-2: DP-2 pos: primary,top-left res: 1536x864 size: N/A modes: N/A
  Monitor-3: HDMI-A-2 pos: middle-c res: 1536x864 size: N/A modes: N/A
  API: OpenGL v: 4.6 Mesa 23.1.6 renderer: AMD Radeon RX 6700 XT (navi22
    LLVM 15.0.7 DRM 3.52 6.4.12-zen1-1-zen) direct-render: Yes
Audio:
  Device-1: AMD Navi 21/23 HDMI/DP Audio driver: snd_hda_intel v: kernel pcie:
    gen: 4 speed: 16 GT/s lanes: 16 bus-ID: 10:00.1 chip-ID: 1002:ab28
    class-ID: 0403
  Device-2: AMD Starship/Matisse HD Audio vendor: ASRock
    driver: snd_hda_intel v: kernel pcie: gen: 4 speed: 16 GT/s lanes: 16
    bus-ID: 12:00.4 chip-ID: 1022:1487 class-ID: 0403
  Device-3: Sony INZONE H9 / H7
    driver: cdc_acm,hid-generic,snd-usb-audio,usbhid type: USB rev: 2.0
    speed: 12 Mb/s lanes: 1 mode: 1.1 bus-ID: 5-3:3 chip-ID: 054c:0e53
    class-ID: 0a00
  API: ALSA v: k6.4.12-zen1-1-zen status: kernel-api with: aoss
    type: oss-emulator tools: N/A
  Server-1: sndiod v: N/A status: off tools: aucat,midicat,sndioctl
  Server-2: PipeWire v: 0.3.78 status: active with: 1: pipewire-pulse
    status: active 2: wireplumber status: active 3: pipewire-alsa type: plugin
    4: pw-jack type: plugin tools: pactl,pw-cat,pw-cli,wpctl
Network:
  Device-1: Intel Dual Band Wireless-AC 3168NGW [Stone Peak] driver: iwlwifi
    v: kernel pcie: gen: 1 speed: 2.5 GT/s lanes: 1 bus-ID: 08:00.0
    chip-ID: 8086:24fb class-ID: 0280
  IF: wlp8s0 state: down mac: <filter>
  Device-2: Intel I211 Gigabit Network vendor: ASRock driver: igb v: kernel
    pcie: gen: 1 speed: 2.5 GT/s lanes: 1 port: d000 bus-ID: 0a:00.0
    chip-ID: 8086:1539 class-ID: 0200
  IF: enp10s0 state: up speed: 1000 Mbps duplex: full mac: <filter>
  IF-ID-1: virbr0 state: down mac: <filter>
Bluetooth:
  Device-1: Edimax Bluetooth Adapter driver: btusb v: 0.8 type: USB rev: 1.1
    speed: 12 Mb/s lanes: 1 mode: 1.1 bus-ID: 1-5:3 chip-ID: 7392:c611
    class-ID: e001 serial: <filter>
  Report: btmgmt ID: hci0 rfk-id: 1 state: up address: <filter> bt-v: 5.1
    lmp-v: 10 status: discoverable: yes pairing: yes class-ID: 7c0104
Drives:
  Local Storage: total: 2.96 TiB used: 4.14 TiB (140.1%)
  SMART Message: Unable to run smartctl. Root privileges required.
  ID-1: /dev/nvme0n1 maj-min: 259:3 vendor: Samsung model: SSD 980 1TB
    size: 931.51 GiB block-size: physical: 512 B logical: 512 B speed: 31.6 Gb/s
    lanes: 4 tech: SSD serial: <filter> fw-rev: 3B4QFXO7 temp: 44.9 C
    scheme: GPT
  ID-2: /dev/nvme1n1 maj-min: 259:0 vendor: Samsung model: SSD 970 EVO 250GB
    size: 232.89 GiB block-size: physical: 512 B logical: 512 B speed: 31.6 Gb/s
    lanes: 4 tech: SSD serial: <filter> fw-rev: 2B2QEXE7 temp: 38.9 C
    scheme: GPT
  ID-3: /dev/sda maj-min: 8:0 vendor: Seagate model: ST2000DX002-2DV164
    size: 1.82 TiB block-size: physical: 4096 B logical: 512 B speed: 6.0 Gb/s
    tech: HDD rpm: 7200 serial: <filter> fw-rev: CC41 scheme: GPT
Partition:
  ID-1: / raw-size: 931.22 GiB size: 931.22 GiB (100.00%)
    used: 831.28 GiB (89.3%) fs: btrfs dev: /dev/nvme0n1p2 maj-min: 259:5
  ID-2: /boot/efi raw-size: 300 MiB size: 299.4 MiB (99.80%)
    used: 31 MiB (10.4%) fs: vfat dev: /dev/nvme0n1p1 maj-min: 259:4
  ID-3: /home raw-size: 931.22 GiB size: 931.22 GiB (100.00%)
    used: 831.28 GiB (89.3%) fs: btrfs dev: /dev/nvme0n1p2 maj-min: 259:5
  ID-4: /var/log raw-size: 931.22 GiB size: 931.22 GiB (100.00%)
    used: 831.28 GiB (89.3%) fs: btrfs dev: /dev/nvme0n1p2 maj-min: 259:5
  ID-5: /var/tmp raw-size: 931.22 GiB size: 931.22 GiB (100.00%)
    used: 831.28 GiB (89.3%) fs: btrfs dev: /dev/nvme0n1p2 maj-min: 259:5
Swap:
  Kernel: swappiness: 133 (default 60) cache-pressure: 100 (default) zswap: no
  ID-1: swap-1 type: zram size: 31.26 GiB used: 0 KiB (0.0%) priority: 100
    comp: zstd avail: lzo,lzo-rle,lz4,lz4hc,842 max-streams: 12 dev: /dev/zram0
Sensors:
  System Temperatures: cpu: 76.0 C mobo: 38.0 C gpu: amdgpu temp: 53.0 C
    mem: 54.0 C
  Fan Speeds (rpm): cpu: 2662 fan-1: 0 fan-3: 0 fan-4: 0 fan-5: 1516
    gpu: amdgpu fan: 0
  Power: 12v: N/A 5v: N/A 3.3v: 3.20 vbat: 3.28 gpu: amdgpu watts: 29.00
Info:
  Processes: 545 Uptime: 0m wakeups: 2 Memory: total: 32 GiB
  available: 31.26 GiB used: 12.13 GiB (38.8%) Init: systemd v: 254
  default: graphical tool: systemctl Compilers: gcc: 13.2.1 clang: 15.0.7
  Packages: 2734 pm: pacman pkgs: 2693 libs: 593 tools: octopi,paru
  pm: appimage pkgs: 0 pm: flatpak pkgs: 41 Shell: fish v: 3.6.1
  running-in: alacritty inxi: 3.3.29
Garuda (2.6.16-1):
  System install date:     2023-07-10
  Last full system update: 2023-08-26
  Is partially upgraded:   No
  Relevant software:       snapper NetworkManager dracut
  Windows dual boot:       Probably (Run as root to verify)
  Failed units:            goldwarden.service

Attempting to run any game through Dolphin causes a failed to-create Vulkan surface error.
I tried switching to OpenGL, and the message changed to "failed to initialize video backend:

This emulator works on a Chimeria OS install on this same computer. Also, strangely, the Dolphin flatpack does not have this issue, only the arch package.

Other games and emulators such as Yuzu work without issue

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Please run and potentially install vulkaninfo. You might just not have some vulkan packages installed

Or well, just check if you have these packages installed: Vulkan - ArchWiki

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pacman -Qi vulkan-
vulkan-headers   (1:1.3.262-1)  vulkan-mesa-layers  (1:23.1.6-1)  vulkan-tools  (1.3.255-1)
vulkan-icd-loader  (1.3.255-1)  vulkan-radeon       (1:23.1.6-1)
vulkan-intel      (1:23.1.6-1)  vulkan-swrast       (1:23.1.6-1)

all the vulkan packages I have. Plus like I said in the OP vulkan works in other games and emulators such as yuzu, and dolphin when installed as a flatpak

vulkan and opengl don't work only on dolphin arch package

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This wasn't hard to find.

env -u WAYLAND_DISPLAY dolphin-emu or QT_QPA_PLATFORM=xcb dolphin-emu - I don't know what would and wouldn't work

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saw that to just now but it was supposedly already fixed and It doesn't fix the issue on Garuda.

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it was not fixed, as proven by the closed pull request.

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Yeah my bad it seems like it was closed and there is some else keeping a patch updated.

Need to confirm the emulator works on x (probably will just stick to using the flatpak as I need Wayland for several reasons) but I couldn't get it to work by forcing xcb.

Interestingly the arch package comes with xcb bring forced on the desktop file

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