Missing System Settings Gnome

Not sure how this happened and honestly would not have noticed had it not been for me needing to connect Bluetooth headphones. Everything seems to be functioning, just missing gnome system settings app/window.

 ╭─reggie@garudaG in ~ 
 ╰─λ garuda-inxi 
System:
  Kernel: 6.7.8-zen1-1-zen arch: x86_64 bits: 64 compiler: gcc v: 13.2.1
    clocksource: tsc avail: acpi_pm
    parameters: BOOT_IMAGE=/@/boot/vmlinuz-linux-zen
    root=UUID=927d0085-95c1-4e99-aa40-693309747cdb rw rootflags=subvol=@
    quiet quiet rd.udev.log_priority=3 vt.global_cursor_default=0
    resume=UUID=4960071c-ede6-4da6-ac6a-a2823cfcbcf3 loglevel=3 ibt=off
  Desktop: GNOME v: 45.4 tk: GTK v: 3.24.41 wm: gnome-shell
    tools: gsd-screensaver-proxy avail: lxlock dm: GDM v: 45.0.1 Distro: Garuda
    base: Arch Linux
Machine:
  Type: Laptop System: Dell product: XPS 15 9570 v: N/A
    serial: <superuser required> Chassis: type: 10 serial: <superuser required>
  Mobo: Dell model: 07GHH0 v: A00 serial: <superuser required> part-nu: 087C
    uuid: <superuser required> UEFI: Dell v: 1.31.0 date: 03/13/2023
Battery:
  ID-1: BAT0 charge: 71.4 Wh (92.5%) condition: 77.2/97.0 Wh (79.6%)
    volts: 11.9 min: 11.4 model: SMP DELL GPM0365 type: Li-ion serial: <filter>
    status: discharging
CPU:
  Info: model: Intel Core i9-8950HK bits: 64 type: MT MCP arch: Coffee Lake
    gen: core 8 level: v3 note: check built: 2018 process: Intel 14nm family: 6
    model-id: 0x9E (158) stepping: 0xA (10) microcode: 0xF4
  Topology: cpus: 1x cores: 6 tpc: 2 threads: 12 smt: enabled cache:
    L1: 384 KiB desc: d-6x32 KiB; i-6x32 KiB L2: 1.5 MiB desc: 6x256 KiB
    L3: 12 MiB desc: 1x12 MiB
  Speed (MHz): avg: 3852 high: 4401 min/max: 800/4800 scaling:
    driver: intel_pstate governor: powersave cores: 1: 4401 2: 4400 3: 4204
    4: 800 5: 3834 6: 4401 7: 4401 8: 3903 9: 3547 10: 4300 11: 4265 12: 3774
    bogomips: 69597
  Flags: avx avx2 ht lm nx pae sse sse2 sse3 sse4_1 sse4_2 ssse3 vmx
  Vulnerabilities: <filter>
Graphics:
  Device-1: Intel CoffeeLake-H GT2 [UHD Graphics 630] vendor: Dell
    driver: i915 v: kernel arch: Gen-9.5 process: Intel 14nm built: 2016-20
    ports: active: eDP-1 empty: DP-1,DP-2,DP-3 bus-ID: 00:02.0
    chip-ID: 8086:3e9b class-ID: 0300
  Device-2: NVIDIA GP107M [GeForce GTX 1050 Ti Mobile] vendor: Dell
    driver: nvidia v: 550.54.14 alternate: nouveau,nvidia_drm non-free: 545.xx+
    status: current (as of 2024-02; EOL~2026-12-xx) arch: Pascal code: GP10x
    process: TSMC 16nm built: 2016-2021 pcie: gen: 1 speed: 2.5 GT/s lanes: 16
    link-max: gen: 3 speed: 8 GT/s bus-ID: 01:00.0 chip-ID: 10de:1c8c
    class-ID: 0302
  Device-3: Microdia Integrated_Webcam_HD driver: uvcvideo type: USB
    rev: 2.0 speed: 480 Mb/s lanes: 1 mode: 2.0 bus-ID: 1-12:4
    chip-ID: 0c45:671d class-ID: 0e02
  Display: x11 server: X.Org v: 21.1.11 with: Xwayland v: 23.2.4
    compositor: gnome-shell driver: X: loaded: intel,nvidia
    unloaded: modesetting,nouveau alternate: fbdev,nv,vesa dri: i965 gpu: i915
    display-ID: :1 screens: 1
  Screen-1: 0 s-res: 1920x1080 s-dpi: 96 s-size: 508x286mm (20.00x11.26")
    s-diag: 583mm (22.95")
  Monitor-1: eDP-1 mapped: eDP1 model: Sharp 0x148d built: 2018
    res: 1920x1080 hz: 60 dpi: 143 gamma: 1.2 size: 340x190mm (13.39x7.48")
    diag: 395mm (15.5") ratio: 16:9 modes: 3840x2160
  API: Vulkan v: 1.3.276 layers: 4 device: 0 type: discrete-gpu name: NVIDIA
    GeForce GTX 1050 Ti with Max-Q Design driver: nvidia v: 550.54.14
    device-ID: 10de:1c8c surfaces: xcb,xlib device: 1 type: integrated-gpu
    name: Intel UHD Graphics 630 (CFL GT2) driver: mesa intel
    v: 24.0.2-arch1.1 device-ID: 8086:3e9b surfaces: xcb,xlib device: 2
    type: cpu name: llvmpipe (LLVM 16.0.6 256 bits) driver: mesa llvmpipe
    v: 24.0.2-arch1.1 (LLVM 16.0.6) device-ID: 10005:0000 surfaces: xcb,xlib
  API: OpenGL Message: Unable to show GL data. glxinfo is missing.
Audio:
  Device-1: Intel Cannon Lake PCH cAVS vendor: Dell driver: snd_hda_intel
    v: kernel alternate: snd_soc_skl,snd_sof_pci_intel_cnl bus-ID: 00:1f.3
    chip-ID: 8086:a348 class-ID: 0403
  API: ALSA v: k6.7.8-zen1-1-zen status: kernel-api tools: N/A
  Server-1: sndiod v: N/A status: off tools: aucat,midicat,sndioctl
  Server-2: PipeWire v: 1.0.3 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: Qualcomm Atheros QCA6174 802.11ac Wireless Network Adapter
    vendor: Rivet Networks Killer Wireless-n/a/ac 1535 driver: ath10k_pci
    v: kernel pcie: gen: 1 speed: 2.5 GT/s lanes: 1 bus-ID: 3b:00.0
    chip-ID: 168c:003e class-ID: 0280 temp: 27.0 C
  IF: wlp59s0 state: up mac: <filter>
  IF-ID-1: tailscale0 state: unknown speed: -1 duplex: full mac: N/A
  IF-ID-2: vmnet1 state: unknown speed: N/A duplex: N/A mac: <filter>
  IF-ID-3: vmnet8 state: unknown speed: N/A duplex: N/A mac: <filter>
  Info: services: NetworkManager, smbd, systemd-timesyncd, wpa_supplicant
Bluetooth:
  Device-1: Qualcomm Atheros driver: btusb v: 0.8 type: USB rev: 2.0
    speed: 12 Mb/s lanes: 1 mode: 1.1 bus-ID: 1-4:2 chip-ID: 0cf3:e301
    class-ID: e001
  Report: btmgmt ID: hci0 rfk-id: 1 state: up address: <filter> bt-v: 4.2
    lmp-v: 8 status: discoverable: no pairing: no class-ID: 6c010c
Drives:
  Local Storage: total: 953.87 GiB used: 306.75 GiB (32.2%)
  SMART Message: Unable to run smartctl. Root privileges required.
  ID-1: /dev/nvme0n1 maj-min: 259:0 vendor: SK Hynix model: PC401 NVMe 1TB
    size: 953.87 GiB block-size: physical: 512 B logical: 512 B speed: 31.6 Gb/s
    lanes: 4 tech: SSD serial: <filter> fw-rev: 80007E00 temp: 34.9 C
    scheme: GPT
Partition:
  ID-1: / raw-size: 919.48 GiB size: 919.48 GiB (100.00%)
    used: 306.75 GiB (33.4%) fs: btrfs dev: /dev/nvme0n1p2 maj-min: 259:2
  ID-2: /boot/efi raw-size: 300 MiB size: 299.4 MiB (99.80%)
    used: 600 KiB (0.2%) fs: vfat dev: /dev/nvme0n1p1 maj-min: 259:1
  ID-3: /home raw-size: 919.48 GiB size: 919.48 GiB (100.00%)
    used: 306.75 GiB (33.4%) fs: btrfs dev: /dev/nvme0n1p2 maj-min: 259:2
  ID-4: /var/log raw-size: 919.48 GiB size: 919.48 GiB (100.00%)
    used: 306.75 GiB (33.4%) fs: btrfs dev: /dev/nvme0n1p2 maj-min: 259:2
  ID-5: /var/tmp raw-size: 919.48 GiB size: 919.48 GiB (100.00%)
    used: 306.75 GiB (33.4%) fs: btrfs dev: /dev/nvme0n1p2 maj-min: 259:2
Swap:
  Kernel: swappiness: 133 (default 60) cache-pressure: 100 (default) zswap: no
  ID-1: swap-1 type: zram size: 30.99 GiB used: 0 KiB (0.0%) priority: 100
    comp: zstd avail: lzo,lzo-rle,lz4,lz4hc,842 max-streams: 12 dev: /dev/zram0
  ID-2: swap-2 type: partition size: 34.09 GiB used: 0 KiB (0.0%)
    priority: -2 dev: /dev/nvme0n1p3 maj-min: 259:3
Sensors:
  System Temperatures: cpu: 65.0 C pch: 52.0 C mobo: N/A
  Fan Speeds (rpm): N/A
Info:
  Memory: total: 32 GiB note: est. available: 30.99 GiB used: 6.43 GiB (20.7%)
  Processes: 374 Power: uptime: 7m states: freeze,mem,disk suspend: s2idle
    avail: deep wakeups: 0 hibernate: platform avail: shutdown, reboot,
    suspend, test_resume image: 12.33 GiB services: gsd-power,upowerd
    Init: systemd v: 255 default: graphical tool: systemctl
  Packages: 1866 pm: pacman pkgs: 1810 libs: 557
    tools: gnome-software,pamac,paru pm: flatpak pkgs: 56 Compilers: gcc: 13.2.1
    Shell: garuda-inxi default: Bash v: 5.2.26 running-in: gnome-terminal
    inxi: 3.3.33
Garuda (2.6.23-1):
  System install date:     2023-09-22
  Last full system update: 2024-03-04 ↻
  Is partially upgraded:   No
  Relevant software:       snapper NetworkManager dracut nvidia-dkms
  Windows dual boot:       No/Undetected
  Failed units:

If you are searching for it in the overview, it is just called “Settings”. The icon is a cog wheel.

If you still can’t find it, try running it from the command line to confirm it is installed:

gnome-control-center

If it is not installed for some reason, that may indicate a deeper issue but for starters you could try just reinstalling it.

sudo pacman -S gnome-control-center
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It was definitely missing. Command to install resolved the issue.

Thanks a bunch for the assist.

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