Hello everyone!
Let me catch up real quick, what happened:
I had Manjaro installed for over a year on laptop & desktop and now wanted to try EndeavourOS on my desktop. After installing, there were so many weird issues (will get into that later) and it was basically un-usable. Also after a few hours already I missed my Manjaro and wanted to just cleanly install it again, which I did (on a brand new nvme). Sadly now I have on my new Manjaro install the same dumb issues as previously with Endeavour (and only there). I never had these problems with any other Manjaro install I ever had.
So, to be honest, I don’t know if it has anything to do with that little distro switch, if I “forgot” anything during installing Manjaro or if the problem lays somewhere else? I never had any problems with the install process of Manjaro.
So, now to the issues I face:
I am able to normally boot my system, log in and mostly I am able to use my applications immediately and normally. After some time the program I’m using is not responding anymore and the content of the whole window visually “copies” the background/what was behind that window.
For example: I have Firefox open, watching a video, then I pause and replay the video, whole application freezes (but still in color), after some time the content of the browser window (firefox title bar, tabs, the video and so on) changes to the window/desktop behind the firefox window and I cannot click anywhere to close or minimize it. (sometimes, but not always it happens when i switch something that has audio, like a video on Firefox)
Some other times I boot my system and want to start Spotify as the first app without ANYTHING open, I can click as often as I want on the icon in the taskbar/app menu, but it won’t open - it shows the launch animation, but then just does not open 
Also via terminal it is not responding and if I try to end or kill the process, it does not change something.
This issue occurs mostly on spotify and firefox, but already happened to Telegram, Software Manager, Konsole, Dolphin file manager, …
I honestly have no idea what the problem is, as I really thought that was an Endeavour problem.
What could I do to fix this issue?
sidenote: I still have my Endeavour installation on another SSD, but I never touched it after my new Manjaro install and it is planned to be deleted, but I guess it cannot affect my Manjaro boot on a whole other nvme?
my output for inxi --admin --verbosity=7 --filter --no-host --width
System:
Kernel: 6.6.10-1-MANJARO arch: x86_64 bits: 64 compiler: gcc v: 13.2.1
clocksource: tsc available: hpet,acpi_pm
parameters: BOOT_IMAGE=/vmlinuz-6.6-x86_64
root=UUID=18d1741f-b5c5-455b-832d-a0bb78498667 rw quiet splash
resume=UUID=6455f873-ad0b-48df-820c-a037f2fe22d4 udev.log_priority=3
Desktop: KDE Plasma v: 5.27.10 tk: Qt v: 5.15.12 wm: kwin_x11 vt: 2
dm: SDDM Distro: Manjaro Linux base: Arch Linux
Machine:
Type: Desktop System: ASUS product: N/A v: N/A serial: <superuser required>
Mobo: ASUSTeK model: ROG STRIX B550-A GAMING v: Rev X.0x
serial: <superuser required> UEFI: American Megatrends v: 1205
date: 11/17/2020
Battery:
Message: No system battery data found. Is one present?
Memory:
System RAM: total: 32 GiB available: 31.23 GiB used: 2.36 GiB (7.6%)
RAM Report: permissions: Unable to run dmidecode. Root privileges required.
CPU:
Info: model: AMD Ryzen 5 5600X bits: 64 type: MT MCP arch: Zen 3+ gen: 4
level: v3 note: check built: 2022 process: TSMC n6 (7nm) 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: 2312 high: 3700 min/max: 2200/4650 boost: enabled
scaling: driver: acpi-cpufreq governor: schedutil cores: 1: 2200 2: 2200
3: 2200 4: 2200 5: 2200 6: 2052 7: 2200 8: 3700 9: 2200 10: 2200 11: 2200
12: 2200 bogomips: 88668
Flags: 3dnowprefetch abm adx aes aperfmperf apic arat avic avx avx2 bmi1
bmi2 bpext cat_l3 cdp_l3 clflush clflushopt clwb clzero cmov cmp_legacy
constant_tsc cpb cpuid cqm cqm_llc cqm_mbm_local cqm_mbm_total
cqm_occup_llc cr8_legacy cx16 cx8 de debug_swap decodeassists erms extapic
extd_apicid f16c flushbyasid fma fpu fsgsbase fsrm fxsr fxsr_opt ht
hw_pstate ibpb ibrs ibs invpcid irperf lahf_lm lbrv lm mba mca mce
misalignsse mmx mmxext monitor movbe msr mtrr mwaitx nonstop_tsc nopl npt
nrip_save nx ospke osvw overflow_recov pae pat pausefilter pclmulqdq
pdpe1gb perfctr_core perfctr_llc perfctr_nb pfthreshold pge pku pni popcnt
pse pse36 rapl rdpid rdpru rdrand rdseed rdt_a rdtscp rep_good sep sha_ni
skinit smap smca smep ssbd sse sse2 sse4_1 sse4_2 sse4a ssse3 stibp succor
svm svm_lock syscall tce topoext tsc tsc_scale umip user_shstk v_spec_ctrl
v_vmsave_vmload vaes vgif vmcb_clean vme vmmcall vpclmulqdq wbnoinvd wdt
xgetbv1 xsave xsavec xsaveerptr xsaveopt xsaves
Vulnerabilities:
Type: gather_data_sampling status: Not affected
Type: itlb_multihit status: Not affected
Type: l1tf status: Not affected
Type: mds status: Not affected
Type: meltdown status: Not affected
Type: mmio_stale_data status: Not affected
Type: retbleed status: Not affected
Type: spec_rstack_overflow status: Vulnerable: Safe RET, no microcode
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, PBRSB-eIBRS: Not affected
Type: srbds status: Not affected
Type: tsx_async_abort status: Not affected
Graphics:
Device-1: NVIDIA TU106 [GeForce RTX 2060 Rev. A] vendor: ZOTAC driver: nvidia
v: 470.223.02 alternate: nouveau,nvidia_drm non-free: 545.xx+ status: current
(as of 2023-11; EOL~2026-12-xx) arch: Turing code: TUxxx
process: TSMC 12nm FF built: 2018-2022 pcie: gen: 3 speed: 8 GT/s lanes: 16
bus-ID: 07:00.0 chip-ID: 10de:1f08 class-ID: 0300
Display: x11 server: X.Org v: 21.1.10 compositor: kwin_x11 driver: X:
loaded: nvidia gpu: nvidia display-ID: :0 screens: 1
Screen-1: 0 s-res: 3840x1080 s-dpi: 81 s-size: 1204x343mm (47.40x13.50")
s-diag: 1252mm (49.29") monitors: <missing: xrandr>
Monitor-1: Unknown-1 size-res: N/A modes: 1920x1080
API: EGL v: 1.5 hw: drv: nvidia platforms: device: 0 drv: nvidia device: 2
drv: swrast gbm: drv: kms_swrast surfaceless: drv: swrast x11: drv: nvidia
inactive: wayland,device-1
API: OpenGL v: 4.6.0 compat-v: 4.5 vendor: nvidia mesa v: 470.223.02
glx-v: 1.4 direct-render: yes renderer: NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2060/PCIe/SSE2
memory: 5.86 GiB
API: Vulkan v: 1.3.274 layers: 1 device: 0 type: discrete-gpu
name: NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2060 driver: nvidia v: 470.223.02
device-ID: 10de:1f08 surfaces: xcb,xlib
Audio:
Device-1: NVIDIA TU106 High Definition Audio vendor: ZOTAC
driver: snd_hda_intel v: kernel pcie: gen: 3 speed: 8 GT/s lanes: 16
bus-ID: 07:00.1 chip-ID: 10de:10f9 class-ID: 0403
Device-2: AMD Starship/Matisse HD Audio vendor: ASUSTeK
driver: snd_hda_intel v: kernel pcie: gen: 4 speed: 16 GT/s lanes: 16
bus-ID: 09:00.4 chip-ID: 1022:1487 class-ID: 0403
Device-3: Razer USA Kraken Tournament Edition
driver: hid-generic,snd-usb-audio,usbhid type: USB rev: 2.0 speed: 12 Mb/s
lanes: 1 mode: 1.1 bus-ID: 5-1:2 chip-ID: 1532:0520 class-ID: 0300
serial: <filter>
API: ALSA v: k6.6.10-1-MANJARO status: kernel-api with: aoss
type: oss-emulator tools: alsactl,alsamixer,amixer
Server-1: JACK v: 1.9.22 status: off tools: N/A
Server-2: PipeWire v: 1.0.0 status: active with: 1: wireplumber
status: active 2: pipewire-alsa type: plugin tools: pw-cat,pw-cli,wpctl
Server-3: PulseAudio v: 16.1 status: active with: pulseaudio-jack
type: module tools: pacat,pactl,pavucontrol
Network:
Device-1: Intel Ethernet I225-V vendor: ASUSTeK driver: igc v: kernel pcie:
gen: 2 speed: 5 GT/s lanes: 1 port: N/A bus-ID: 06:00.0 chip-ID: 8086:15f3
class-ID: 0200
IF: enp6s0 state: up speed: 1000 Mbps duplex: full mac: <filter>
IP v4: <filter> type: dynamic noprefixroute scope: global
broadcast: <filter>
IP v6: <filter> type: dynamic noprefixroute scope: global
IP v6: <filter> type: noprefixroute scope: link
Device-2: Microsoft Xbox Wireless Adapter for Windows driver: mt76x2u
type: USB rev: 2.1 speed: 480 Mb/s lanes: 1 mode: 2.0 bus-ID: 1-3:3
chip-ID: 045e:02e6 class-ID: 0000 serial: <filter>
IF: wlp2s0f0u3 state: down mac: <filter>
WAN IP: <filter>
Bluetooth:
Message: No bluetooth data found.
Logical:
Message: No logical block device data found.
RAID:
Message: No RAID data found.
Drives:
Local Storage: total: 5.69 TiB used: 42.05 GiB (0.7%)
SMART Message: Unable to run smartctl. Root privileges required.
ID-1: /dev/nvme0n1 maj-min: 259:0 vendor: Samsung model: SSD 990 PRO 2TB
size: 1.82 TiB block-size: physical: 512 B logical: 512 B speed: 63.2 Gb/s
lanes: 4 tech: SSD serial: <filter> fw-rev: 0B2QJXG7 temp: 31.9 C
scheme: GPT
ID-2: /dev/sda maj-min: 8:0 vendor: Samsung model: SSD 870 EVO 500GB
size: 465.76 GiB block-size: physical: 512 B logical: 512 B speed: 6.0 Gb/s
tech: SSD serial: <filter> fw-rev: 1B6Q scheme: GPT
ID-3: /dev/sdb maj-min: 8:16 vendor: Seagate model: ST1500DL003-9VT16L
size: 1.36 TiB block-size: physical: 512 B logical: 512 B speed: 6.0 Gb/s
tech: HDD rpm: 5900 serial: <filter> fw-rev: CC32 scheme: MBR
ID-4: /dev/sdc maj-min: 8:32 vendor: Samsung model: SSD 850 EVO 250GB
size: 232.89 GiB block-size: physical: 512 B logical: 512 B speed: 6.0 Gb/s
tech: SSD serial: <filter> fw-rev: 2B6Q scheme: GPT
ID-5: /dev/sdd maj-min: 8:48 vendor: Samsung model: SSD 860 QVO 2TB
size: 1.82 TiB block-size: physical: 512 B logical: 512 B speed: 6.0 Gb/s
tech: SSD serial: <filter> fw-rev: 1B6Q scheme: GPT
Message: No optical or floppy data found.
Partition:
ID-1: / raw-size: 165.63 GiB size: 161.97 GiB (97.79%) used: 15.09 GiB (9.3%)
fs: ext4 dev: /dev/nvme0n1p8 maj-min: 259:8 label: root
uuid: 18d1741f-b5c5-455b-832d-a0bb78498667
ID-2: /boot raw-size: 512 MiB size: 487.2 MiB (95.16%)
used: 127.9 MiB (26.2%) fs: ext4 dev: /dev/nvme0n1p6 maj-min: 259:6
label: boot uuid: 02b2a2f4-adcb-473b-9c72-c18ea155141e
ID-3: /boot/efi raw-size: 512 MiB size: 511 MiB (99.80%)
used: 296 KiB (0.1%) fs: vfat dev: /dev/nvme0n1p7 maj-min: 259:7
label: BOOTEFI uuid: FEBA-2866
ID-4: /home raw-size: 400 GiB size: 392.64 GiB (98.16%)
used: 26.83 GiB (6.8%) fs: ext4 dev: /dev/nvme0n1p9 maj-min: 259:9
label: home uuid: c44fac07-8732-4ae7-ad40-44ca84e1b61b
Swap:
Kernel: swappiness: 60 (default) cache-pressure: 100 (default) zswap: yes
compressor: zstd max-pool: 20%
ID-1: swap-1 type: partition size: 16 GiB used: 0 KiB (0.0%) priority: -2
dev: /dev/nvme0n1p5 maj-min: 259:5 label: swap
uuid: 6455f873-ad0b-48df-820c-a037f2fe22d4
Unmounted:
ID-1: /dev/nvme0n1p1 maj-min: 259:1 size: 100 MiB fs: vfat label: N/A
uuid: E8D1-880C
ID-2: /dev/nvme0n1p2 maj-min: 259:2 size: 16 MiB fs: <superuser required>
label: N/A uuid: N/A
ID-3: /dev/nvme0n1p3 maj-min: 259:3 size: 1.25 TiB fs: ntfs label: N/A
uuid: 0ACCE0A2CCE088F1
ID-4: /dev/nvme0n1p4 maj-min: 259:4 size: 562 MiB fs: ntfs label: N/A
uuid: D08474088473EF7A
ID-5: /dev/sda1 maj-min: 8:1 size: 50 GiB fs: ext4 label: root
uuid: 1b4c69ce-c738-44e3-a407-81fd7c096cfd
ID-6: /dev/sda2 maj-min: 8:2 size: 415.26 GiB fs: ext4 label: home
uuid: 516c0ab8-e88b-43a7-91a3-63af222c54ef
ID-7: /dev/sda3 maj-min: 8:3 size: 512 MiB fs: vfat label: BOOT
uuid: 8E06-BB62
ID-8: /dev/sdb1 maj-min: 8:17 size: 1.36 TiB fs: ntfs label: HDD
uuid: 90307E7D307E69DC
ID-9: /dev/sdb2 maj-min: 8:18 size: 449 MiB fs: ntfs label: N/A
uuid: EA3E0B513E0B15EB
ID-10: /dev/sdc1 maj-min: 8:33 size: 100 MiB fs: vfat label: N/A
uuid: 745E-D2B9
ID-11: /dev/sdc2 maj-min: 8:34 size: 16 MiB fs: <superuser required>
label: N/A uuid: N/A
ID-12: /dev/sdc3 maj-min: 8:35 size: 232.27 GiB fs: ntfs label: N/A
uuid: B65C629C5C6256E1
ID-13: /dev/sdc4 maj-min: 8:36 size: 515 MiB fs: ntfs label: N/A
uuid: A08CFCC68CFC984C
ID-14: /dev/sdd1 maj-min: 8:49 size: 1.82 TiB fs: ext4 label: SSD-X
uuid: d24bb3d1-bfe8-4c85-89b5-25a87800816f
USB:
Hub-1: 1-0:1 info: hi-speed hub with single TT ports: 10 rev: 2.0
speed: 480 Mb/s (57.2 MiB/s) lanes: 1 mode: 2.0 chip-ID: 1d6b:0002
class-ID: 0900
Device-1: 1-1:2 info: Logitech Logi Bolt Receiver type: keyboard,mouse,HID
driver: hid-generic,usbhid interfaces: 3 rev: 2.0 speed: 12 Mb/s (1.4 MiB/s)
lanes: 1 mode: 1.1 power: 98mA chip-ID: 046d:c548 class-ID: 0300
Device-2: 1-3:3 info: Microsoft Xbox Wireless Adapter for Windows
type: Network driver: mt76x2u interfaces: 1 rev: 2.1
speed: 480 Mb/s (57.2 MiB/s) lanes: 1 mode: 2.0 power: 500mA
chip-ID: 045e:02e6 class-ID: 0000 serial: <filter>
Device-3: 1-4:4 info: Microsoft Xbox Controller type: <vendor specific>
driver: xpad interfaces: 3 rev: 2.0 speed: 12 Mb/s (1.4 MiB/s) lanes: 1
mode: 1.1 power: 500mA chip-ID: 045e:0b12 class-ID: ff00 serial: <filter>
Device-4: 1-6:5 info: ASUSTek AURA LED Controller type: HID
driver: hid-generic,usbhid interfaces: 2 rev: 2.0 speed: 12 Mb/s (1.4 MiB/s)
lanes: 1 mode: 1.1 power: 16mA chip-ID: 0b05:1939 class-ID: 0300
serial: <filter>
Hub-2: 1-7:6 info: Genesys Logic Hub ports: 4 rev: 2.0
speed: 480 Mb/s (57.2 MiB/s) lanes: 1 mode: 2.0 power: 100mA
chip-ID: 05e3:0610 class-ID: 0900
Hub-3: 2-0:1 info: super-speed hub ports: 4 rev: 3.1
speed: 10 Gb/s (1.16 GiB/s) lanes: 1 mode: 3.2 gen-2x1 chip-ID: 1d6b:0003
class-ID: 0900
Hub-4: 3-0:1 info: hi-speed hub with single TT ports: 2 rev: 2.0
speed: 480 Mb/s (57.2 MiB/s) lanes: 1 mode: 2.0 chip-ID: 1d6b:0002
class-ID: 0900
Hub-5: 4-0:1 info: super-speed hub ports: 4 rev: 3.1
speed: 10 Gb/s (1.16 GiB/s) lanes: 1 mode: 3.2 gen-2x1 chip-ID: 1d6b:0003
class-ID: 0900
Hub-6: 5-0:1 info: hi-speed hub with single TT ports: 4 rev: 2.0
speed: 480 Mb/s (57.2 MiB/s) lanes: 1 mode: 2.0 chip-ID: 1d6b:0002
class-ID: 0900
Device-1: 5-1:2 info: Razer USA Kraken Tournament Edition type: audio,HID
driver: hid-generic,snd-usb-audio,usbhid interfaces: 6 rev: 2.0
speed: 12 Mb/s (1.4 MiB/s) lanes: 1 mode: 1.1 power: 500mA
chip-ID: 1532:0520 class-ID: 0300 serial: <filter>
Device-2: 5-4:3 info: Corsair K55 RGB PRO Gaming Keyboard
type: keyboard,HID driver: hid-generic,usbhid interfaces: 3 rev: 1.1
speed: 12 Mb/s (1.4 MiB/s) lanes: 1 mode: 1.1 power: 500mA
chip-ID: 1b1c:1ba4 class-ID: 0300 serial: <filter>
Hub-7: 6-0:1 info: super-speed hub ports: 4 rev: 3.1
speed: 10 Gb/s (1.16 GiB/s) lanes: 1 mode: 3.2 gen-2x1 chip-ID: 1d6b:0003
class-ID: 0900
Sensors:
System Temperatures: cpu: 46.4 C mobo: N/A gpu: nvidia temp: 30 C
Fan Speeds (rpm): N/A gpu: nvidia fan: 68%
Info:
Processes: 270 Uptime: 7m wakeups: 0 Init: systemd v: 255 default: graphical
tool: systemctl Compilers: gcc: 13.2.1 clang: 16.0.6 Packages: pm: pacman
pkgs: 1274 libs: 363 tools: pamac pm: flatpak pkgs: 0 Shell: Bash v: 5.2.21
running-in: konsole inxi: 3.3.31
here my installed versions of the two main apps where the problem occurs (but not limited to)
Please tell me, if I can provide you with any other information and THANK YOU in advance for helping me get rid of this dumb issue
PS: I tried to get a window to freeze and show the background, but now it’s not working 
- if I face the issue again, I’ll make sure to screenshot it and provide it, so it is easier to imagine.
