SUMMARY Since I updated kio to KCI unstable package 5.65.0+p19.10+git20191227.1259-0, on 2019-12-28, file based views no longer work - for example when starting Dolphin, no files are shown instead a red error message appears on top with the text: Unable to create io-slave. klauncher said: Error loading '/usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/qt5/plugins/kf5/kio/file.so'. When opening a file open/save dialog, the same message appears in a pop up. Looking at .xsession-errors, I have this: ---8<--- kdeinit5: Got EXEC_NEW '/usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/qt5/plugins/kf5/kio/file.so' from launcher. kdeinit5: preparing to launch '/usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/qt5/plugins/kf5/kio/file.so' Could not open library '/usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/qt5/plugins/kf5/kio/file.so'. Cannot load library /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/qt5/plugins/kf5/kio/file.so: (/usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/qt5/plugins/kf5/kio/file.so: undefined symbol: _ZN3KIO9SlaveBase25requestPrivilegeOperationERK7QString) ---8<--- SOFTWARE/OS VERSIONS Linux/KDE Plasma: KDE Plasma Version: 5.17.80 KDE Frameworks Version: 5.66.0 Qt Version: 5.12.4
The problem seems to have resolved itself. I'm not sure what happened - there were no additional software updates that seem relevant, but now it seems to be working just fine and there are no errors in .xsession-errors.