Plasma desktop GUI not working

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Hello Garuda users.
I was working normally and suddenly my computer freezed after restarting all plasma widgets crashed and some widgets are visible but not able to interact, the wallpaper turned in black, the latte dock is missing and the top bar too.

This is what my desktop looks like: check this out

garuda-inxi
System:
Kernel: 6.3.9-zen1-1-zen arch: x86_64 bits: 64 compiler: gcc v: 13.1.1
parameters: BOOT_IMAGE=/@/boot/vmlinuz-linux-zen
root=UUID=9800f45c-6180-41c0-8046-eb00a3821dc0 rw rootflags=subvol=@
quiet quiet splash rd.udev.log_priority=3 vt.global_cursor_default=0
loglevel=3 ibt=off
Desktop: KDE Plasma v: 5.27.6 tk: Qt v: 5.15.10 wm: kwin_x11 vt: 2
dm: SDDM Distro: Garuda Linux base: Arch Linux
Machine:
Type: Laptop System: Dell product: G7 7588 v: N/A
serial: <superuser required> Chassis: type: 10 serial: <superuser required>
Mobo: Dell model: 075F7T v: A00 serial: <superuser required> UEFI: Dell
v: 1.21.0 date: 04/15/2022
Battery:
ID-1: BAT0 charge: 26.6 Wh (100.0%) condition: 26.6/56.0 Wh (47.5%)
volts: 16.8 min: 15.2 model: Samsung SDI DELL W7NKD87 type: Li-ion
serial: <filter> status: full
CPU:
Info: model: Intel Core i7-8750H 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: 0xF2
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: 9 MiB desc: 1x9 MiB
Speed (MHz): avg: 1966 high: 2200 min/max: 800/4100 scaling:
driver: intel_pstate governor: powersave cores: 1: 800 2: 2200 3: 2200
4: 2200 5: 2200 6: 2200 7: 2200 8: 2200 9: 2200 10: 2200 11: 2200 12: 800
bogomips: 52799
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, HDMI-A-1, HDMI-A-2, HDMI-A-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: 535.54.03 alternate: nouveau,nvidia_drm non-free: 530.xx+
status: current (as of 2023-05) arch: Pascal code: GP10x
process: TSMC 16nm built: 2016-21 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: 1-5:3 chip-ID: 0c45:6718
class-ID: 0e02
Display: x11 server: X.Org v: 21.1.8 with: Xwayland v: 23.1.2
compositor: kwin_x11 driver: X: loaded: modesetting,nvidia unloaded: nouveau
alternate: fbdev,intel,nv,vesa dri: iris gpu: i915 display-ID: :0
screens: 1
Screen-1: 0 s-res: 1920x1080 s-dpi: 96 s-size: 508x285mm (20.00x11.22")
s-diag: 582mm (22.93")
Monitor-1: eDP-1 model: AU Optronics 0x63ed built: 2017 res: 1920x1080
hz: 60 dpi: 142 gamma: 1.2 size: 344x193mm (13.54x7.6") diag: 394mm (15.5")
ratio: 16:9 modes: 1920x1080
API: OpenGL v: 4.6 Mesa 23.1.3 renderer: Mesa Intel UHD Graphics 630 (CFL
GT2) direct-render: Yes
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
Device-2: NVIDIA GP107GL High Definition Audio driver: snd_hda_intel
v: kernel pcie: gen: 1 speed: 2.5 GT/s lanes: 16 link-max: gen: 3
speed: 8 GT/s bus-ID: 01:00.1 chip-ID: 10de:0fb9 class-ID: 0403
API: ALSA v: k6.3.9-zen1-1-zen status: kernel-api tools: N/A
Server-1: PipeWire v: 0.3.72 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 Cannon Lake PCH CNVi WiFi driver: iwlwifi v: kernel
bus-ID: 00:14.3 chip-ID: 8086:a370 class-ID: 0280
IF: wlp0s20f3 state: down mac: <filter>
Device-2: Qualcomm Atheros Killer E2400 Gigabit Ethernet vendor: Dell
driver: alx v: kernel pcie: gen: 1 speed: 2.5 GT/s lanes: 1 port: 3000
bus-ID: 3b:00.0 chip-ID: 1969:e0a1 class-ID: 0200
IF: enp59s0 state: up speed: 1000 Mbps duplex: full mac: <filter>
IF-ID-1: docker0 state: up speed: 10000 Mbps duplex: unknown mac: <filter>
IF-ID-2: veth0e4263b state: up speed: 10000 Mbps duplex: full
mac: <filter>
IF-ID-3: vethd946af1 state: up speed: 10000 Mbps duplex: full
mac: <filter>
Bluetooth:
Device-1: Intel Bluetooth 9460/9560 Jefferson Peak (JfP) driver: btusb
v: 0.8 type: USB rev: 2.0 speed: 12 Mb/s lanes: 1 mode: 1.1 bus-ID: 1-14:4
chip-ID: 8087:0aaa class-ID: e001
Report: bt-adapter ID: hci0 rfk-id: 0 state: up address: <filter>
RAID:
Hardware-1: Intel 82801 Mobile SATA Controller [RAID mode] driver: ahci
v: 3.0 port: 5060 bus-ID: 00:17.0 chip-ID: 8086:282a rev: N/A class-ID: 0104
Drives:
Local Storage: total: 342.81 GiB used: 53.88 GiB (15.7%)
SMART Message: Unable to run smartctl. Root privileges required.
ID-1: /dev/sda maj-min: 8:0 vendor: A-Data model: SU630 size: 223.57 GiB
block-size: physical: 512 B logical: 512 B speed: 6.0 Gb/s tech: SSD
serial: <filter> fw-rev: 4R24 scheme: GPT
ID-2: /dev/sdb maj-min: 8:16 vendor: SK Hynix model: SC311 SATA 128GB
size: 119.24 GiB block-size: physical: 4096 B logical: 512 B speed: 6.0 Gb/s
tech: SSD serial: <filter> fw-rev: 0P10 scheme: GPT
Partition:
ID-1: / raw-size: 118.95 GiB size: 118.95 GiB (100.00%)
used: 53.86 GiB (45.3%) fs: btrfs dev: /dev/sdb2 maj-min: 8:18
ID-2: /boot/efi raw-size: 300 MiB size: 299.4 MiB (99.80%)
used: 27 MiB (9.0%) fs: vfat dev: /dev/sdb1 maj-min: 8:17
ID-3: /home raw-size: 118.95 GiB size: 118.95 GiB (100.00%)
used: 53.86 GiB (45.3%) fs: btrfs dev: /dev/sdb2 maj-min: 8:18
ID-4: /var/log raw-size: 118.95 GiB size: 118.95 GiB (100.00%)
used: 53.86 GiB (45.3%) fs: btrfs dev: /dev/sdb2 maj-min: 8:18
ID-5: /var/tmp raw-size: 118.95 GiB size: 118.95 GiB (100.00%)
used: 53.86 GiB (45.3%) fs: btrfs dev: /dev/sdb2 maj-min: 8:18
Swap:
Kernel: swappiness: 133 (default 60) cache-pressure: 100 (default)
ID-1: swap-1 type: zram size: 15.31 GiB used: 512 KiB (0.0%) priority: 100
dev: /dev/zram0
Sensors:
Src: /sys System Temperatures: cpu: 71.0 C pch: 47.0 C mobo: N/A
Fan Speeds (RPM): N/A
Power: 12v: N/A 5v: 5 3.3v: N/A vbat: N/A
Info:
Processes: 332 Uptime: 29m wakeups: 13279 Memory: available: 15.32 GiB
used: 4.93 GiB (32.2%) Init: systemd v: 253 default: graphical
tool: systemctl Compilers: gcc: 13.1.1 Packages: pm: pacman pkgs: 1342
libs: 364 tools: octopi,paru Shell: fish v: 3.6.1 default: Bash v: 5.1.16
running-in: konsole inxi: 3.3.27
Garuda (2.6.16-1):
System install date:     2023-05-19
Last full system update: 2023-06-30 ↻
Is partially upgraded:   No
Relevant software:       snapper NetworkManager dracut nvidia-dkms
Windows dual boot:       Probably (Run as root to verify)
Failed units:

I just created a new user and the desktop works normally, what would it the ploblem be?

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Hi there, welcome to the forum.
A configuration file somewhere in your home folder got corrupted and created the gui issue.
But this is probably the effect, the cause is probably in the freeze, and the root cause of the freeze to be defined.
Try to search in the logs at around the time when this happened.
By-the-way, given your install date, your dock is a plasma panel, latte-dock is not used anymore (and would have been a likely root cause).

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I stopped plasma and i started nad throwed me this:

Checking screens: available: (QScreen(0x557b5c10bad0, name="eDP-1")) redundant: QHash() fake: QSet() all: (QScreen(0x557b5c10bad0, name="eDP-1"))
Checking screens: available: (QScreen(0x557b5c10bad0, name="eDP-1")) redundant: QHash() fake: QSet() all: (QScreen(0x557b5c10bad0, name="eDP-1"))
kf.plasma.quick: Applet preload policy set to 1
file:///usr/share/plasma/plasmoids/org.kde.plasma.notes/contents/ui/ShortcutMenuItem.qml:17:5: QML Shortcut: Shortcut: Only binding to one of multiple key bindings associated with 10. Use 'sequences: [ <key> ]' to bind to all of them.
file:///usr/share/plasma/plasmoids/org.kde.plasma.notes/contents/ui/ShortcutMenuItem.qml:17:5: QML Shortcut: Shortcut: Only binding to one of multiple key bindings associated with 9. Use 'sequences: [ <key> ]' to bind to all of them.
file:///usr/share/plasma/plasmoids/org.kde.plasma.notes/contents/ui/ShortcutMenuItem.qml:17:5: QML Shortcut: Shortcut: Only binding to one of multiple key bindings associated with 8. Use 'sequences: [ <key> ]' to bind to all of them.
file:///usr/share/plasma/plasmoids/org.kde.plasma.notes/contents/ui/main.qml:157:13: QML TextArea: Binding loop detected for property "implicitWidth"
file:///usr/lib/qt/qml/org/kde/plasma/extras/PlaceholderMessage.qml:238:5: QML Heading: Binding loop detected for property "verticalAlignment"
file:///usr/lib/qt/qml/org/kde/plasma/extras/PlaceholderMessage.qml:238:5: QML Heading: Binding loop detected for property "verticalAlignment"
QObject::connect: No such slot DesktopProtocol::_k_slotRedirection(KIO::Job *, QUrl)
kf.config.core: couldn't lock local file
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