Regarding this:
While we can obviously not offer anything definitive about this, without more actionable information from the OP (such as the inxi
output requested several times), I will mention that I have experienced this myself on occasion.
If I impatiently perform an update from within the GUI (without having checked the list of packages to be updated), and then continue using the machine for a time, sometimes this happens; along with an inability to Logout, Restart or Shutdown via the (Plasma) GUI.
Now, I am not suggesting that this is either the cause of the OP’s issue, nor a solution to it. However, it is an opportunity to offer the following consideration for all that will entertain it: