SUMMARY After updating from KCI stable today, Anything that needs KIO file fails with error: 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: _ZN3KIO20detailsToStatDetailsEi) kio installation: $ apt policy kio kio: Installed: 5.68.0+p20.04+git20200321.0904-0 Candidate: 5.68.0+p20.04+git20200321.0904-0 Version table: *** 5.68.0+p20.04+git20200321.0904-0 500 500 http://ppa.launchpad.net/kubuntu-ci/stable/ubuntu focal/main amd64 Packages 100 /var/lib/dpkg/status STEPS TO REPRODUCE 1. start `dolphin` OBSERVED RESULT Dolphin shows empty file area and error message: "Unable to create io-slave. klauncher said: Error loading /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/qt5/plugins/kf5/kio/file.so'. EXPECTED RESULT Some files should be shown. SOFTWARE/OS VERSIONS Linux/KDE Plasma: KDE Plasma Version: 5.18.3 KDE Frameworks Version: 5.68 Qt Version: 5.12.5 ADDITIONAL INFORMATION ~/.xesssion-errors have this log multiple times: 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: _ZN3KIO20detailsToStatDetailsEi) This seems to be related to this change: https://phabricator.kde.org/D25010
After a restart, everything works again. This isn't the first time that a kio update causes file.so loading errors for me, that go away after a reboot. I wonder what's up with that.