Dconf warning site distro invalid gvdb header

what is the deal with these warnings?

Yes, I know I’m on “unsupported” kernel but I’ve switched between standard & tkg, no difference in output.

system info:

~ > neofetch                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                INT
                                            ryan@xmg 
       .---.`               `.---.          -------- 
    `/syhhhyso-           -osyhhhys/`       OS: Manjaro Linux x86_64 
   .syNMdhNNhss/``.---.``/sshNNhdMNys.      Host: NB01 PC5x_7xHP_HR_HS 
   +sdMh.`+MNsssssssssssssssNM+`.hMds+      Kernel: 6.3.6-273-tkg-pds 
   :syNNdhNNhssssssssssssssshNNhdNNys:      Uptime: 35 mins 
    /ssyhhhysssssssssssssssssyhhhyss/       Packages: 1450 (pacman) 
    .ossssssssssssssssssssssssssssso.       Shell: zsh 5.9 
   :sssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssss:      Resolution: 3840x2160 
  /sssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssss/     DE: GNOME 44.2 
 :sssssssssssssoosssssssoosssssssssssss:    WM: Mutter 
 osssssssssssssoosssssssoossssssssssssso    WM Theme: Adwaita 
 osssssssssssyyyyhhhhhhhyyyyssssssssssso    Theme: adw-gtk3-dark [GTK2/3] 
 /yyyyyyhhdmmmmNNNNNNNNNNNmmmmdhhyyyyyy/    Icons: ePapirus-Dark [GTK2/3] 
  smmmNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNmmms     Terminal: kitty 
   /dNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNd/      Terminal Font: Hack Regular 12.0 
    `:sdNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNds:`       CPU: 11th Gen Intel i7-11800H (16) @ 4.600GHz 
       `-+shdNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNdhs+-`          GPU: NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 Mobile / Max-Q 8GB/16GB 
             `.-:///////:-.`                GPU: Intel TigerLake-H GT1 [UHD Graphics] 
                                            Memory: 5418MiB / 64083MiB

directory layout is as seen below:

~ > ll /etc/dconf/db/                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                       INT
total 40
drwxr-xr-x 4 root root 4096 Jun 16  2022 ..
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root    0 Nov 17  2022 .placeholder
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 May  9 14:36 locks
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 Jun  1 21:24 ibus.d
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 Jun  1 21:24 gdm.d
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 Jun  1 21:24 local.d
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root    0 Jun  4 18:18 site
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root    0 Jun  4 18:18 distro
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root    0 Jun  4 18:18 site.d
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root    0 Jun  4 18:18 distro.d
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root  268 Jun  5 17:26 gdm
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 1638 Jun  5 17:26 local
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 5571 Jun  5 17:26 ibus
drwxr-xr-x 6 root root 4096 Jun  5 17:26 .

https://askubuntu.com/questions/1458858/create-etc-dconf-db-site-and-etc-dconf-db-distro
dconf warnings which began as seen on this link (No such file or directory: expect degraded performance):

unable to open file '/etc/dconf/db/site': Failed to open file "/etc/dconf/db/site": open() failed: No such file or directory: expect degraded performance
unable to open file '/etc/dconf/db/distro': Failed to open file "/etc/dconf/db/distro": open() failed: No such file or directory: expect degraded performance

after running:

sudo touch /etc/dconf/db/site
sudo touch /etc/dconf/db/distro
sudo mkdir /etc/dconf/db/site.d
sudo mkdir /etc/dconf/db/distro.d
sudo dconf update

warnings changed to as seen below (invalid gvdb header; expect degraded performance)

Jun 05 16:57:26 xmg gjs[785]: unable to open file '/etc/dconf/db/site': /etc/dconf/db/site: invalid gvdb header; expect degraded performance
Jun 05 16:57:26 xmg gjs[785]: unable to open file '/etc/dconf/db/distro': /etc/dconf/db/distro: invalid gvdb header; expect degraded performance
Jun 05 16:57:26 xmg /usr/lib/gdm-x-session[738]: dbus-daemon[738]: [session uid=120 pid=738] Activating service name='org.gnome.Shell.Notifications' requested by ':1.5' (uid=120 pid=759 comm="/usr/bin/gnome-shell")
Jun 05 16:57:26 xmg /usr/lib/gdm-x-session[752]: dbus-daemon[752]: Activating service name='org.a11y.atspi.Registry' requested by ':1.1' (uid=120 pid=759 comm="/usr/bin/gnome-shell")
Jun 05 16:57:26 xmg /usr/lib/gdm-x-session[752]: dbus-daemon[752]: Successfully activated service 'org.a11y.atspi.Registry'
Jun 05 16:57:26 xmg dbus-broker-launch[531]: Activation request for 'org.freedesktop.Avahi' failed: The systemd unit 'dbus-org.freedesktop.Avahi.service' could not be found.
Jun 05 16:57:26 xmg geoclue[811]: Failed to connect to avahi service: Daemon not running
Jun 05 16:57:26 xmg dbus-broker-launch[531]: Activation request for 'org.freedesktop.ModemManager1' failed: The systemd unit 'dbus-org.freedesktop.ModemManager1.service' could not be found.
Jun 05 16:57:26 xmg /usr/lib/gdm-x-session[738]: dbus-daemon[738]: [session uid=120 pid=738] Successfully activated service 'org.gnome.Shell.Notifications'
Jun 05 16:57:26 xmg /usr/lib/gdm-x-session[738]: dbus-daemon[738]: [session uid=120 pid=738] Successfully activated service 'org.gnome.Shell.Screencast'
Jun 05 16:57:26 xmg gsd-sharing[858]: unable to open file '/etc/dconf/db/site': /etc/dconf/db/site: invalid gvdb header; expect degraded performance
Jun 05 16:57:26 xmg gsd-sharing[858]: unable to open file '/etc/dconf/db/distro': /etc/dconf/db/distro: invalid gvdb header; expect degraded performance
Jun 05 16:57:26 xmg /usr/lib/gdm-x-session[738]: dbus-daemon[738]: [session uid=120 pid=738] Activating service name='org.gtk.vfs.Daemon' requested by ':1.16' (uid=120 pid=873 comm="ibus-daemon --panel disable --xim")
Jun 05 16:57:26 xmg /usr/lib/gdm-x-session[738]: dbus-daemon[738]: [session uid=120 pid=738] Activating service name='ca.desrt.dconf' requested by ':1.5' (uid=120 pid=759 comm="/usr/bin/gnome-shell")
Jun 05 16:57:26 xmg gsd-usb-protect[862]: unable to open file '/etc/dconf/db/site': /etc/dconf/db/site: invalid gvdb header; expect degraded performance
Jun 05 16:57:26 xmg gsd-usb-protect[862]: unable to open file '/etc/dconf/db/distro': /etc/dconf/db/distro: invalid gvdb header; expect degraded performance
Jun 05 16:57:26 xmg gsd-smartcard[876]: unable to open file '/etc/dconf/db/site': /etc/dconf/db/site: invalid gvdb header; expect degraded performance
Jun 05 16:57:26 xmg gsd-smartcard[876]: unable to open file '/etc/dconf/db/distro': /etc/dconf/db/distro: invalid gvdb header; expect degraded performance
Jun 05 16:57:26 xmg gsd-a11y-settin[896]: unable to open file '/etc/dconf/db/site': /etc/dconf/db/site: invalid gvdb header; expect degraded performance
Jun 05 16:57:26 xmg gsd-a11y-settin[896]: unable to open file '/etc/dconf/db/distro': /etc/dconf/db/distro: invalid gvdb header; expect degraded performance
Jun 05 16:57:26 xmg /usr/lib/gdm-x-session[738]: dbus-daemon[738]: [session uid=120 pid=738] Activating service name='org.freedesktop.systemd1' requested by ':1.14' (uid=120 pid=858 comm="/usr/lib/gsd-sharing")
Jun 05 16:57:26 xmg /usr/lib/gdm-x-session[738]: dbus-daemon[738]: [session uid=120 pid=738] Activated service 'org.freedesktop.systemd1' failed: Process org.freedesktop.systemd1 exited with status 1
Jun 05 16:57:26 xmg /usr/lib/gdm-x-session[738]: dbus-daemon[738]: [session uid=120 pid=738] Successfully activated service 'org.gtk.vfs.Daemon'
Jun 05 16:57:26 xmg /usr/lib/gdm-x-session[738]: dbus-daemon[738]: [session uid=120 pid=738] Successfully activated service 'ca.desrt.dconf'
Jun 05 16:57:26 xmg gsd-keyboard[864]: unable to open file '/etc/dconf/db/site': /etc/dconf/db/site: invalid gvdb header; expect degraded performance
Jun 05 16:57:26 xmg gsd-keyboard[864]: unable to open file '/etc/dconf/db/distro': /etc/dconf/db/distro: invalid gvdb header; expect degraded performance
Jun 05 16:57:26 xmg gsd-sound[895]: unable to open file '/etc/dconf/db/site': /etc/dconf/db/site: invalid gvdb header; expect degraded performance
Jun 05 16:57:26 xmg gsd-sound[895]: unable to open file '/etc/dconf/db/distro': /etc/dconf/db/distro: invalid gvdb header; expect degraded performance
Jun 05 16:57:26 xmg gsd-color[863]: unable to open file '/etc/dconf/db/site': /etc/dconf/db/site: invalid gvdb header; expect degraded performance
Jun 05 16:57:26 xmg gsd-color[863]: unable to open file '/etc/dconf/db/distro': /etc/dconf/db/distro: invalid gvdb header; expect degraded performance
Jun 05 16:57:26 xmg gsd-sharing[858]: Failed to StopUnit service: GDBus.Error:org.freedesktop.DBus.Error.Spawn.ChildExited: Process org.freedesktop.systemd1 exited with status 1
Jun 05 16:57:26 xmg gsd-sharing[858]: Failed to StopUnit service: GDBus.Error:org.freedesktop.DBus.Error.Spawn.ChildExited: Process org.freedesktop.systemd1 exited with status 1
Jun 05 16:57:26 xmg gsd-datetime[880]: unable to open file '/etc/dconf/db/site': /etc/dconf/db/site: invalid gvdb header; expect degraded performance
Jun 05 16:57:26 xmg gsd-datetime[880]: unable to open file '/etc/dconf/db/distro': /etc/dconf/db/distro: invalid gvdb header; expect degraded performance
Jun 05 16:57:26 xmg /usr/lib/gdm-x-session[738]: dbus-daemon[738]: [session uid=120 pid=738] Activating service name='org.gnome.ScreenSaver' requested by ':1.13' (uid=120 pid=862 comm="/usr/lib/gsd-usb-protection")
Jun 05 16:57:26 xmg gsd-housekeepin[904]: unable to open file '/etc/dconf/db/site': /etc/dconf/db/site: invalid gvdb header; expect degraded performance
Jun 05 16:57:26 xmg gsd-housekeepin[904]: unable to open file '/etc/dconf/db/distro': /etc/dconf/db/distro: invalid gvdb header; expect degraded performance
Jun 05 16:57:26 xmg gsd-xsettings[902]: unable to open file '/etc/dconf/db/site': /etc/dconf/db/site: invalid gvdb header; expect degraded performance
Jun 05 16:57:26 xmg gsd-xsettings[902]: unable to open file '/etc/dconf/db/distro': /etc/dconf/db/distro: invalid gvdb header; expect degraded performance
Jun 05 16:57:26 xmg /usr/lib/gdm-x-session[738]: dbus-daemon[738]: [session uid=120 pid=738] Activating service name='org.freedesktop.portal.IBus' requested by ':1.16' (uid=120 pid=873 comm="ibus-daemon --panel disable --xim")
Jun 05 16:57:26 xmg /usr/lib/gdm-x-session[738]: dbus-daemon[738]: [session uid=120 pid=738] Successfully activated service 'org.freedesktop.portal.IBus'
Jun 05 16:57:26 xmg gsd-media-keys[885]: unable to open file '/etc/dconf/db/site': /etc/dconf/db/site: invalid gvdb header; expect degraded performance
Jun 05 16:57:26 xmg gsd-media-keys[885]: unable to open file '/etc/dconf/db/distro': /etc/dconf/db/distro: invalid gvdb header; expect degraded performance
Jun 05 16:57:26 xmg /usr/lib/gdm-x-session[738]: dbus-daemon[738]: [session uid=120 pid=738] Successfully activated service 'org.gnome.ScreenSaver'
Jun 05 16:57:26 xmg gsd-power[914]: unable to open file '/etc/dconf/db/site': /etc/dconf/db/site: invalid gvdb header; expect degraded performance
Jun 05 16:57:26 xmg gsd-power[914]: unable to open file '/etc/dconf/db/distro': /etc/dconf/db/distro: invalid gvdb header; expect degraded performance
Jun 05 16:57:26 xmg gnome-shell[759]: Property 'libinput Accel Profile Enabled Default' for device 'Logitech PRO X' returned 3 items, expected 2
Jun 05 16:57:26 xmg gnome-shell[759]: Property 'libinput Accel Profiles Available' for device 'Logitech PRO X' returned 3 items, expected 2
Jun 05 16:57:26 xmg gnome-shell[759]: Property 'libinput Accel Profile Enabled' for device 'Logitech PRO X' returned 3 items, expected 2
Jun 05 16:57:26 xmg gnome-shell[759]: Property 'libinput Accel Profile Enabled Default' for device 'Logitech USB Receiver' returned 3 items, expected 2
Jun 05 16:57:26 xmg gnome-shell[759]: Property 'libinput Accel Profiles Available' for device 'Logitech USB Receiver' returned 3 items, expected 2
Jun 05 16:57:26 xmg gnome-shell[759]: Property 'libinput Accel Profile Enabled' for device 'Logitech USB Receiver' returned 3 items, expected 2
Jun 05 16:57:26 xmg gnome-shell[759]: Property 'libinput Accel Profile Enabled Default' for device 'Logitech USB Receiver' returned 3 items, expected 2
Jun 05 16:57:26 xmg gnome-shell[759]: Property 'libinput Accel Profiles Available' for device 'Logitech USB Receiver' returned 3 items, expected 2
Jun 05 16:57:26 xmg gnome-shell[759]: Property 'libinput Accel Profile Enabled' for device 'Logitech USB Receiver' returned 3 items, expected 2
Jun 05 16:57:26 xmg gsd-usb-protect[862]: Failed to fetch USBGuard parameters: GDBus.Error:org.freedesktop.DBus.Error.ServiceUnknown: The name is not activatable