Can't change gnome desktop layout

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Hi,
It’s been a while (I think since a major update on Manjaro) that I can’t change the layout of my desktop. The dark theme is switched on and off for no reason, it is on normally. And the Arc Menu is not usable now. I wonder what can cause this, any idea?

I can reinstall the OS but I want to be able to understand the problem and to be able to solve it manually.

My config:

System:
  Host: manjaro Kernel: 5.10.93-1-MANJARO x86_64 bits: 64 Desktop: GNOME 41.3
    Distro: Manjaro Linux
Machine:
  Type: Desktop System: Gigabyte product: B450 I AORUS PRO WIFI v: N/A
    serial: <superuser required>
  Mobo: Gigabyte model: B450 I AORUS PRO WIFI-CF v: x.x
    serial: <superuser required> UEFI: American Megatrends LLC. v: F61d
    date: 05/10/2021
CPU:
  Info: 8-core model: AMD Ryzen 7 3700X bits: 64 type: MT MCP cache:
    L2: 4 MiB
  Speed (MHz): avg: 2233 min/max: 2200/5091:5224:4957:4560:4426:4823:4690
    cores: 1: 2194 2: 2307 3: 1946 4: 1951 5: 2193 6: 2195 7: 2196 8: 2193
    9: 3593 10: 2052 11: 2050 12: 2079 13: 2193 14: 2196 15: 2195 16: 2198
Graphics:
  Device-1: AMD Navi 14 [Radeon RX 5500/5500M / Pro 5500M] driver: amdgpu
    v: kernel
  Device-2: Logitech Webcam C930e type: USB driver: snd-usb-audio,uvcvideo
  Display: x11 server: X.org 1.21.1.3 driver: loaded: amdgpu,ati
    unloaded: modesetting,radeon resolution: <missing: xdpyinfo>
  Message: Unable to show advanced data. Required tool glxinfo missing.
Audio:
  Device-1: AMD Navi 10 HDMI Audio driver: snd_hda_intel
  Device-2: AMD Starship/Matisse HD Audio driver: snd_hda_intel
  Device-3: Logitech Webcam C930e type: USB driver: snd-usb-audio,uvcvideo
  Sound Server-1: ALSA v: k5.10.93-1-MANJARO running: yes
  Sound Server-2: PulseAudio v: 15.0 running: yes
  Sound Server-3: PipeWire v: 0.3.45 running: yes
Network:
  Device-1: Intel Wireless-AC 9260 driver: iwlwifi
  IF: wlp7s0 state: down mac: 42:3d:3d:87:59:86
  Device-2: Intel I211 Gigabit Network driver: igb
  IF: enp9s0 state: up speed: 1000 Mbps duplex: full mac: 18:c0:4d:2d:6e:d9
  IF-ID-1: tun0 state: unknown speed: 10 Mbps duplex: full mac: N/A
Bluetooth:
  Device-1: Intel Wireless-AC 9260 Bluetooth Adapter type: USB driver: btusb
  Report: rfkill ID: hci0 rfk-id: 0 state: down bt-service: enabled,running
    rfk-block: hardware: no software: yes address: see --recommends
Drives:
  Local Storage: total: 912.89 GiB used: 276.46 GiB (30.3%)
  ID-1: /dev/nvme0n1 vendor: Corsair model: Force MP510 size: 447.13 GiB
  ID-2: /dev/sda vendor: Samsung model: SSD 860 EVO 500GB size: 465.76 GiB
Partition:
  ID-1: / size: 404.85 GiB used: 276.44 GiB (68.3%) fs: ext4 dev: /dev/dm-0
  ID-2: /boot/efi size: 299.4 MiB used: 16.5 MiB (5.5%) fs: vfat
    dev: /dev/nvme0n1p1
Swap:
  ID-1: swap-1 type: partition size: 34.51 GiB used: 0 KiB (0.0%)
    dev: /dev/dm-1
Sensors:
  System Temperatures: cpu: 31.5 C mobo: N/A gpu: amdgpu temp: 30.0 C
  Fan Speeds (RPM): N/A gpu: amdgpu fan: 0
Info:
  Processes: 415 Uptime: 1h 5m Memory: 31.36 GiB used: 3.61 GiB (11.5%)
  Shell: Zsh inxi: 3.3.12
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Hi,
Please check the gnome extensions. Maybe You have enabled the Night theme switcher (or similar). Disable it.

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Hi,
Thanks for your response.
My Night theme is already disabled and I can’t switch to, for example, Manjaro Legacy or Traditionnal or Unity etc… When I change the layout the bar at the bottom and at the top stays and nothing seems to change it.

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hi
Maybe You have active gnome-layout-swither program. In settings, there are option to set “automatic dark theme” → turn this off.

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Hi,
It is already switched off, it doesn’t solve the problem.
Maybe I should reformat, I can’t find any solutions and any people having the same problem it seems.

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To get the layout switcher to tell what went wrong when switching, starting it from a terminal is an option.
$ gnome-layout-switcher Should open the application and on the terminal it might reveal why the switching fails.

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Damn it! Thanks @Hanzel I really didn’t thought about that…I should have done it first.
Here is the output of $ gnome-layout-switcher :

current layout: classic
active layout: classic
active layout: unity
No such schema “org.gnome.shell.extensions.vertical-overview”
Could not load schemas from /usr/share/gnome-shell/extensions/arcmenu@arcmenu.com/schemas: Failed to open file “/usr/share/gnome-shell/extensions/arcmenu@arcmenu.com/schemas/gschemas.compiled”: open() failed: No such file or directory
Could not load schemas from /usr/share/gnome-shell/extensions/arcmenu@arcmenu.com/schemas: Failed to open file “/usr/share/gnome-shell/extensions/arcmenu@arcmenu.com/schemas/gschemas.compiled”: open() failed: No such file or directory
Could not load schemas from /usr/share/gnome-shell/extensions/arcmenu@arcmenu.com/schemas: Failed to open file “/usr/share/gnome-shell/extensions/arcmenu@arcmenu.com/schemas/gschemas.compiled”: open() failed: No such file or directory
Could not load schemas from /usr/share/gnome-shell/extensions/arcmenu@arcmenu.com/schemas: Failed to open file “/usr/share/gnome-shell/extensions/arcmenu@arcmenu.com/schemas/gschemas.compiled”: open() failed: No such file or directory
Could not load schemas from /usr/share/gnome-shell/extensions/arcmenu@arcmenu.com/schemas: Failed to open file “/usr/share/gnome-shell/extensions/arcmenu@arcmenu.com/schemas/gschemas.compiled”: open() failed: No such file or directory
disabled dash-to-panel@jderose9.github.com
disabled appindicatorsupport@rgcjonas.gmail.com
enabled dash-to-dock@micxgx.gmail.com
enabled unite@hardpixel.eu
enabled arcmenu@arcmenu.com
enabled vertical-overview@RensAlthuis.github.com
Could not load schemas from /usr/share/gnome-shell/extensions/arcmenu@arcmenu.com/schemas: Failed to open file “/usr/share/gnome-shell/extensions/arcmenu@arcmenu.com/schemas/gschemas.compiled”: open() failed: No such file or directory
Layout applied

It is arcmenu that seems to be now incompatible but I want to keep it. I uninstalled it and reinstalled it but the problem is not solved.
Any ideas?

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I don’t use this specific extension. This issue has a solution that might work for you to. It looks related.

The cache of one extension I use is loated ~/.cache/[extentionname]
The arcmenu cache might be there.

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Hi,
I will close this topic. the solution proposed by @Hanzel didn’t work, although it solve a part of the problem. I have now artifacts that shows up on my screen. I will resolve first this issue. This subject is closed, thanks everyone for your attention and your help.

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