[Solved] Corrupted OS after seemingly nothing

For some unknown reason latte, nextcloud and many other things dont seem to work anymore. I have gone back to a previous snapshot and still alot seems bricked corrupted. ( EDIT: Can't "brick" non-hardware)
For example backgrounds have been completely reset, and on boot i get asked to open up a new kdewallet for nextcloud. I have no idea what happend, yesterday everything was fine.

benjamin@HomePC in ~ took 5ms
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System:
  Kernel: 5.17.5-zen1-2-zen arch: x86_64 bits: 64 compiler: gcc v: 12.1.0
    parameters: BOOT_IMAGE=/@/boot/vmlinuz-linux-zen
    root=UUID=c62e35b2-c344-4a40-bff0-abcde7e3ec22 rw rootflags=subvol=@
    quiet splash rd.udev.log_priority=3 vt.global_cursor_default=0 loglevel=3
  Desktop: KDE Plasma v: 5.24.5 tk: Qt v: 5.15.3 info: latte-dock
    wm: kwin_x11 vt: 1 dm: SDDM Distro: Garuda Linux base: Arch Linux
Machine:
  Type: Desktop Mobo: Micro-Star model: MAG B550 TOMAHAWK (MS-7C91) v: 2.0
    serial: <superuser required> UEFI: American Megatrends LLC. v: A.64
    date: 04/08/2021
CPU:
  Info: model: AMD Ryzen 5 5600X bits: 64 type: MT MCP arch: Zen 3
    family: 0x19 (25) model-id: 0x21 (33) stepping: 0 microcode: 0xA201009
  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: 2838 high: 3590 min/max: 2200/4650 boost: enabled
    scaling: driver: acpi-cpufreq governor: schedutil cores: 1: 2227 2: 2383
    3: 2874 4: 2869 5: 2874 6: 2878 7: 3590 8: 2871 9: 2877 10: 2878 11: 2870
    12: 2876 bogomips: 88798
  Flags: avx avx2 ht lm nx pae sse sse2 sse3 sse4_1 sse4_2 sse4a ssse3 svm
  Vulnerabilities:
  Type: itlb_multihit status: Not affected
  Type: l1tf status: Not affected
  Type: mds status: Not affected
  Type: meltdown status: Not affected
  Type: spec_store_bypass
    mitigation: Speculative Store Bypass disabled via prctl
  Type: spectre_v1
    mitigation: usercopy/swapgs barriers and __user pointer sanitization
  Type: spectre_v2 mitigation: Retpolines, IBPB: conditional, IBRS_FW,
    STIBP: always-on, RSB filling
  Type: srbds status: Not affected
  Type: tsx_async_abort status: Not affected
Graphics:
  Device-1: AMD Ellesmere [Radeon RX 470/480/570/570X/580/580X/590]
    vendor: ASUSTeK driver: amdgpu v: kernel pcie: gen: 3 speed: 8 GT/s
    lanes: 16 ports: active: DP-1,DVI-D-1,HDMI-A-1 empty: DVI-D-2
    bus-ID: 2b:00.0 chip-ID: 1002:67df class-ID: 0300
  Device-2: Logitech Webcam C270 type: USB driver: snd-usb-audio,uvcvideo
    bus-ID: 5-1.2:4 chip-ID: 046d:0825 class-ID: 0102 serial: <filter>
  Display: x11 server: X.Org v: 21.1.3 with: Xwayland v: 22.1.1
    compositor: kwin_x11 driver: X: loaded: amdgpu unloaded: modesetting
    alternate: fbdev,vesa gpu: amdgpu display-ID: :0 screens: 1
  Screen-1: 0 s-res: 4480x2160 s-dpi: 96 s-size: 1185x571mm (46.65x22.48")
    s-diag: 1315mm (51.79")
  Monitor-1: DVI-D-1 mapped: DVI-D-0 pos: primary,top-left
    model: Idek Iiyama PL2480H serial: <filter> built: 2013 res: 1920x1080
    hz: 60 dpi: 94 gamma: 1.2 size: 521x293mm (20.51x11.54")
    diag: 598mm (23.5") ratio: 16:9 modes: max: 1920x1080 min: 720x400
  Monitor-2: DP-1 mapped: DisplayPort-0 pos: primary,top-right
    model: Acer XF272U serial: <filter> built: 2018 res: 2560x1440 hz: 144
    dpi: 109 gamma: 1.2 size: 597x336mm (23.5x13.23") diag: 685mm (27")
    ratio: 16:9 modes: max: 2560x1440 min: 720x400
  Monitor-3: HDMI-A-1 mapped: HDMI-A-0 pos: bottom-l model: Kamvas Pro 13
    built: 2019 res: 1920x1080 hz: 60 dpi: 141 gamma: 1.2
    size: 345x195mm (13.58x7.68") diag: 396mm (15.6") ratio: 16:9 modes:
    max: 1920x1080 min: 720x400
  OpenGL: renderer: AMD Radeon RX 570 Series (polaris10 LLVM 13.0.1 DRM
    3.44 5.17.5-zen1-2-zen)
    v: 4.6 Mesa 22.0.3 direct render: Yes
Audio:
  Device-1: AMD Ellesmere HDMI Audio [Radeon RX 470/480 / 570/580/590]
    vendor: ASUSTeK driver: snd_hda_intel v: kernel pcie: gen: 3 speed: 8 GT/s
    lanes: 16 bus-ID: 2b:00.1 chip-ID: 1002:aaf0 class-ID: 0403
  Device-2: AMD Starship/Matisse HD Audio vendor: Micro-Star MSI
    driver: snd_hda_intel v: kernel pcie: gen: 4 speed: 16 GT/s lanes: 16
    bus-ID: 2d:00.4 chip-ID: 1022:1487 class-ID: 0403
  Device-3: Logitech Webcam C270 type: USB driver: snd-usb-audio,uvcvideo
    bus-ID: 5-1.2:4 chip-ID: 046d:0825 class-ID: 0102 serial: <filter>
  Sound Server-1: ALSA v: k5.17.5-zen1-2-zen running: yes
  Sound Server-2: PulseAudio v: 15.0 running: no
  Sound Server-3: PipeWire v: 0.3.51 running: yes
Network:
  Device-1: Qualcomm Atheros AR9462 Wireless Network Adapter vendor: Lite-On
    driver: ath9k v: kernel pcie: gen: 1 speed: 2.5 GT/s lanes: 1
    bus-ID: 04:00.0 chip-ID: 168c:0034 class-ID: 0280
  IF: wlp4s0 state: down mac: <filter>
  Device-2: Realtek RTL8111/8168/8411 PCI Express Gigabit Ethernet
    vendor: Micro-Star MSI driver: r8169 v: kernel pcie: gen: 1 speed: 2.5 GT/s
    lanes: 1 port: e000 bus-ID: 06:00.0 chip-ID: 10ec:8168 class-ID: 0200
  IF: enp6s0 state: up speed: 100 Mbps duplex: full mac: <filter>
  Device-3: Realtek RTL8125 2.5GbE vendor: Micro-Star MSI driver: r8169
    v: kernel pcie: gen: 2 speed: 5 GT/s lanes: 1 port: d000 bus-ID: 2a:00.0
    chip-ID: 10ec:8125 class-ID: 0200
  IF: enp42s0 state: down mac: <filter>
Drives:
  Local Storage: total: 2.82 TiB used: 181.68 GiB (6.3%)
  SMART Message: Unable to run smartctl. Root privileges required.
  ID-1: /dev/nvme0n1 maj-min: 259:0 vendor: Crucial model: CT500P1SSD8
    size: 465.76 GiB block-size: physical: 512 B logical: 512 B
    speed: 31.6 Gb/s lanes: 4 type: SSD serial: <filter> rev: P3CR021
    temp: 44.9 C scheme: GPT
  ID-2: /dev/sda maj-min: 8:0 vendor: Western Digital
    model: WD20EZRZ-00Z5HB0 size: 1.82 TiB block-size: physical: 4096 B
    logical: 512 B speed: 6.0 Gb/s type: HDD rpm: 5400 serial: <filter>
    rev: 0A80 scheme: GPT
  ID-3: /dev/sdb maj-min: 8:16 vendor: SanDisk model: SSD PLUS 480GB
    size: 447.13 GiB block-size: physical: 512 B logical: 512 B speed: 6.0 Gb/s
    type: SSD serial: <filter> rev: 04RL scheme: GPT
  ID-4: /dev/sdc maj-min: 8:32 vendor: Intenso model: SSD Sata III
    size: 111.79 GiB block-size: physical: 512 B logical: 512 B speed: 6.0 Gb/s
    type: SSD serial: <filter> rev: 1D scheme: GPT
Partition:
  ID-1: / raw-size: 50 GiB size: 50 GiB (100.00%) used: 31 GiB (62.0%)
    fs: btrfs dev: /dev/nvme0n1p3 maj-min: 259:3
  ID-2: /boot/efi raw-size: 512 MiB size: 511 MiB (99.80%)
    used: 576 KiB (0.1%) fs: vfat dev: /dev/nvme0n1p1 maj-min: 259:1
  ID-3: /home raw-size: 399.26 GiB size: 399.26 GiB (100.00%)
    used: 150.68 GiB (37.7%) fs: btrfs dev: /dev/nvme0n1p4 maj-min: 259:4
  ID-4: /var/log raw-size: 50 GiB size: 50 GiB (100.00%)
    used: 31 GiB (62.0%) fs: btrfs dev: /dev/nvme0n1p3 maj-min: 259:3
  ID-5: /var/tmp raw-size: 50 GiB size: 50 GiB (100.00%)
    used: 31 GiB (62.0%) fs: btrfs dev: /dev/nvme0n1p3 maj-min: 259:3
Swap:
  Kernel: swappiness: 133 (default 60) cache-pressure: 100 (default)
  ID-1: swap-1 type: partition size: 16 GiB used: 0 KiB (0.0%) priority: -2
    dev: /dev/nvme0n1p2 maj-min: 259:2
  ID-2: swap-2 type: zram size: 15.61 GiB used: 0 KiB (0.0%) priority: 100
    dev: /dev/zram0
Sensors:
  System Temperatures: cpu: N/A mobo: N/A gpu: amdgpu temp: 51.0 C
  Fan Speeds (RPM): N/A gpu: amdgpu fan: 1202
Info:
  Processes: 355 Uptime: 1m wakeups: 0 Memory: 15.61 GiB
  used: 2.4 GiB (15.4%) Init: systemd v: 250 tool: systemctl Compilers:
  gcc: 12.1.0 clang: 13.0.1 Packages: pacman: 1484 lib: 397 Shell: fish
  v: 3.4.1 default: Bash v: 5.1.16 running-in: alacritty inxi: 3.3.15
Garuda (2.6.2-1):
  System install date:     2022-01-21
  Last full system update: 2022-05-11
  Is partially upgraded:   No
  Relevant software:       NetworkManager
  Windows dual boot:       Probably (Run as root to verify)
  Snapshots:               Snapper
  Failed units:            bluetooth-autoconnect.service

That really is not funny. When you rollbacked snapshot, did you rollbacked also your HOME subvolume or what it just ROOT?
Cuz if configuration files are corrupted, they are mostly on your HOME.

I'd try to boot from another OS or Live ISO and run btrfs check /dev/nvme0n1p1 (assuming that's your partition for Garuda).

i rerolled only root. I have now imported my .config from a backup a month ago and now most things are fine again, but i still get asked for that wierd kdewallet.
Ok it seems like everything that has a password saved wants me to do SOMETHING with kdewallet, for example also discord

You may wish to start fresh with a new user.

I have had that problem with kwallet once or twice but it went away quickly, I wouldn't know at all what to do other than Whoogle for the issue. That being said, I am totally positive many other people have had this issue too on various distros.

For Kwallet:
Did you set any password for a wallet. Did you change your user's password at any time? Do you have kwallet-pam installed?

no, no and yes

I am sure you have updated the system, or you are doing something else, for example shutting down the PC via the power button. The system cannot be destroyed without a reason.

that inxi was after i have rolled back to a previous snapshot, i didnt update yesterday.
I also didnt shut the pc of with the power button

I know, maybe you do an update a day before yesterday?
Snapshot work?
Post the terminal output from garuda-update and do not press enter.

but why would an update i did the day before yesterday only today brick something.
also i already updated the system now, so the output doesnt tell you anything

So everything is working again now?

seemingly, after i imported my old .config and i gave something poping up with kde wallet a password it seems fine, im still interested why my .config would break like that :confused:

Ok, so we could consider this topic solved, then I guess.

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We are not clairvoyants, some app or tool caused this, but it has been fixed in the meantime.

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