new PinePhone upgrade issue

[WhiteHexagon]

Preinstalled OS could be very outdated - start with flashing a fresh operating system

Thanks, I am starting to see I wasted a lot of time on the 'beta' shipped OS, I wonder why they even ship it like that.  Anyway I have manged to get past that screen, and upgraded to 6.1.21-1-MANJARO-ARM.  Seems much better, and not getting as hot.  But settings app doesnt work (red background - from pull down controls), or there is a settings app (pink background).  Neither starts.  I managed to SSH into the phone, but dont see anything obvious in /var/log/ folder, is there another place I should be checking for app logs? or somewhere I can see why both apps fail?  can they be started over SSH maybe?  I am a developer, but new to linux development.