Bug 402141

Summary:	Dolphin refuses to display any content, local or remote.
Product:	[Applications] dolphin	Reporter:	aSystemOverload <sylmand>
Component:	panels: folders	Assignee:	Dolphin Bug Assignee <dolphin-bugs-null>
Status:	RESOLVED NOT A BUG
Severity:	normal	CC:	kde
Priority:	NOR
Version First Reported In:	18.12.0
Target Milestone:	---
Platform:	Other
OS:	Linux
Latest Commit:		Version Fixed/Implemented In:
Sentry Crash Report:

Description aSystemOverload 2018-12-14 23:38:06 UTC

SUMMARY
Dolphin refuses to display any content, local or remote.  

STEPS TO REPRODUCE
1. Select HOME, ROOT or any other local/remote directory
2. Closing Dolphin does not help.
3. 

OBSERVED RESULT
Displays no files. Displays red banner: [Unable to create io-slave. klauncher said: Error loading '/usr/lib/qt/plugins/kf5/kio/file.so'.]  File is present.

EXPECTED RESULT
Display files in requested folder

SOFTWARE/OS VERSIONS
Dolphin 18.12.0
Linux/KDE Plasma: Arch Linux (x86_64) release 4.19.4-arch1-1-ARCH
(available in About System)

Comment 1 Kai Uwe Broulik 2018-12-17 08:12:10 UTC

Did you do an update recently without rebooting?

Comment 2 aSystemOverload 2018-12-18 22:46:49 UTC

Yes, I don't reboot unless changing hardware, kernel or something is 'broken' rendering the system useless.  
I've just rebooted it and it now works.  Is it possible to write updates in a way that does not require reboots?

Comment 3 Christoph Feck 2018-12-18 22:53:10 UTC

You do not really need to reboot, but logout of the currently running Plasma session, whenever you are updating Qt or KDE components.

Comment 4 Kai Uwe Broulik 2018-12-19 08:15:57 UTC

Probably also could have restarted kdeinit

Comment 5 Kai Uwe Broulik 2018-12-19 08:16:13 UTC

"or something is 'broken' rendering the system useless." I guess this qualifies.