Hi folks I am having a few problems since running pacman -Syu a couple of days ago first off KDE now fails to start then after another update i am seeing ldconfig: File /usr/lib/libKF5KMahjongglib.so is empty, not checked. ldconfig: File /usr/lib/libKF5KDEGamesPrivate.so is empty, not checked. ldconfig: File /usr/lib/libKF5ActivitiesExperimentalStats.so.1 is empty, not checked. ldconfig: File /usr/lib/libkonsoleprivate.so.16.04.2 is empty, not checked. ldconfig: File /usr/lib/libcdio_cdda.so.2.0.0 is empty, not checked. ldconfig: File /usr/lib/libcdio_cdda.so is empty, not checked. ldconfig: File /usr/lib/libkcardgame.so is empty, not checked. ldconfig: File /usr/lib/liboxygenstyleconfig5.so is empty, not checked. ldconfig: File /usr/lib/libpowerdevilui.so.5.6.5 is empty, not checked. ldconfig: file /usr/lib/libQt5WebKit.so.5.6.1 is truncated ldconfig: File /usr/lib/libpowerdevilui.so.5 is empty, not checked. ldconfig: File /usr/lib/libsystemsettingsview.so is empty, not checked. ldconfig: File /usr/lib/libkfontinst.so.5.6.5 is empty, not checked. ldconfig: File /usr/lib/libplasmaweather.so.1 is empty, not checked. ldconfig: File /usr/lib/libQt5SerialPort.so is empty, not checked. ldconfig: File /usr/lib/libkfontinstui.so.5.6.5 is empty, not checked. ldconfig: File /usr/lib/libKF5KDEGamesPrivate.so.1.0.0 is empty, not checked. ldconfig: File /usr/lib/libKF5KMahjongglib.so.5 is empty, not checked. ldconfig: File /usr/lib/libplasmacomicprovidercore.so.1 is empty, not checked. ldconfig: File /usr/lib/libcdio_paranoia.so is empty, not checked. ldconfig: File /usr/lib/libkfontinst.so is empty, not checked. Plus quite a lot more of the same Also noticed running journalctl Jun 16 19:06:06 ds9 systemd-coredump[2093]: Process 2020 (plasmashell) of user 1000 dumped core. Stack trace of thread 2020: #0 0x00007fea0b965146 _int_malloc (libc.so.6) #1 0x00007fea0b9671d4 malloc (libc.so.6) #2 0x00007fea0b962647 _IO_str_overflow (libc.so.6) #3 0x00007fea0b961491 _IO_default_xsputn (libc.so.6) #4 0x00007fea0b936ded vfprintf (libc.so.6) #5 0x00007fea0b9e64b5 __vasprintf_chk (libc.so.6) #6 0x00007fea125ab354 n/a (/usr/lib/libsystemd.so.0.15.0) #7 0x00007fea125ad133 sd_journal_send (/usr/lib/libsystemd.so.0.15.0) #8 0x00007fea0c0addc2 n/a (libQt5Core.so.5) #9 0x00007fea0c0aa3de _Z17qt_message_output9QtMsgTypeRK18QMessageLogContextRK7QString (libQt5Core.so.5) #10 0x00007fea0c1aaf60 _ZN6QDebugD1Ev (libQt5Core.so.5) #11 0x00007fea0e3c0609 n/a (libKF5CoreAddons.so.5) #12 0x00007fea0e3c40e0 n/a (libKF5CoreAddons.so.5) #13 0x00007fea0e3b9a3f _ZN15KPluginMetaData19loadFromDesktopFileERK7QStringRK11QStringList (libKF5CoreAddons.so.5) #14 0x00007fea0e3bcc03 _ZN15KPluginMetaDataC1ERK7QString (libKF5CoreAddons.so.5) #15 0x00007fea0fcfa426 n/a (libKF5Package.so.5) #16 0x00007fea0fcfe32a _ZNK8KPackage7Package8metadataEv (libKF5Package.so.5) #17 0x00007fe9f826cab8 n/a (plasma_packagestructure_lookandfeel.so) #18 0x00007fea0fd001f5 _ZN8KPackage7Package7setPathERK7QString (libKF5Package.so.5) #19 0x00007fe9f826bb51 n/a (plasma_packagestructure_lookandfeel.so) #20 0x00007fea0fcffaf0 _ZN8KPackage7PackageC2EPNS_16PackageStructureE (libKF5Package.so.5) #21 0x00007fea0fd091df _ZN8KPackage13PackageLoader11loadPackageERK7QStringS3_ (libKF5Package.so.5) #22 0x00007fe9f826cbd3 n/a (plasma_packagestructure_lookandfeel.so) #23 0x00007fea0fd001f5 _ZN8KPackage7Package7setPathERK7QString (libKF5Package.so.5) #24 0x00007fe9f826bb51 n/a (plasma_packagestructure_lookandfeel.so) #25 0x00007fea0fcffaf0 _ZN8KPackage7PackageC2EPNS_16PackageStructureE (libKF5Package.so.5) #26 0x00007fea0fd091df _ZN8KPackage13PackageLoader11loadPackageERK7QStringS3_ (libKF5Package.so.5) #27 0x00007fe9f826cbd3 n/a (plasma_packagestructure_lookandfeel.so) #28 0x00007fea0fd001f5 _ZN8KPackage7Package7setPathERK7QString (libKF5Package.so.5) #29 0x00007fe9f826bb51 n/a (plasma_packagestructure_lookandfeel.so) #30 0x00007fea0fcffaf0 _ZN8KPackage7PackageC2EPNS_16PackageStructureE (libKF5Package.so.5) #31 0x00007fea0fd091df _ZN8KPackage13PackageLoader11loadPackageERK7QStringS3_ (libKF5Package.so.5) #32 0x00007fe9f826cbd3 n/a (plasma_packagestructure_lookandfeel.so) #33 0x00007fea0fd001f5 _ZN8KPackage7Package7setPathERK7QString (libKF5Package.so.5) #34 0x00007fe9f826bb51 n/a (plasma_packagestructure_lookandfeel.so) #35 0x00007fea0fcffaf0 _ZN8KPackage7PackageC2EPNS_16PackageStructureE (libKF5Package.so.5) #36 0x00007fea0fd091df _ZN8KPackage13PackageLoader11loadPackageERK7QStringS3_ (libKF5Package.so.5) #37 0x00007fe9f826cbd3 n/a (plasma_packagestructure_lookandfeel.so) #38 0x00007fea0fd001f5 _ZN8KPackage7Package7setPathERK7QString (libKF5Package.so.5) #39 0x00007fe9f826bb51 n/a (plasma_packagestructure_lookandfeel.so) #40 0x00007fea0fcffaf0 _ZN8KPackage7PackageC2EPNS_16PackageStructureE (libKF5Package.so.5) #41 0x00007fea0fd091df _ZN8KPackage13PackageLoader11loadPackageERK7QStringS3_ (libKF5Package.so.5) #42 0x00007fe9f826cbd3 n/a (plasma_packagestructure_lookandfeel.so) #43 0x00007fea0fd001f5 _ZN8KPackage7Package7setPathERK7QString (libKF5Package.so.5) #44 0x00007fe9f826bb51 n/a (plasma_packagestructure_lookandfeel.so) #45 0x00007fea0fcffaf0 _ZN8KPackage7PackageC2EPNS_16PackageStructureE (libKF5Package.so.5) #46 0x00007fea0fd091df _ZN8KPackage13PackageLoader11loadPackageERK7QStringS3_ (libKF5Package.so.5) #47 0x00007fe9f826cbd3 n/a (plasma_packagestructure_lookandfeel.so) #48 0x00007fea0fd001f5 _ZN8KPackage7Package7setPathERK7QString (libKF5Package.so.5) #49 0x00007fe9f826bb51 n/a (plasma_packagestructure_lookandfeel.so) lines 374973-375034/382139 98% Plus a lot more also noticed a lot of Jun 17 19:50:24 ds9 kernel: nouveau 0000:01:00.0: gr: PGRAPH TLB flush idle timeout fail Jun 17 19:50:24 ds9 kernel: nouveau 0000:01:00.0: gr: PGRAPH_STATUS 01fffe03 [BUSY DISPATCH VFETCH CCACHE_PREGEOM STRMOUT_VATTR_POSTGEOM VCLIP RATTR_APLANE TRAST CLIPID ZCULL ENG2D RMASK TPC_R Jun 17 19:50:24 ds9 kernel: nouveau 0000:01:00.0: gr: PGRAPH_VSTATUS0: 00145349 [VFETCH CCACHE POSTGEOM] Jun 17 19:50:24 ds9 kernel: nouveau 0000:01:00.0: gr: PGRAPH_VSTATUS1: 00001a49 [TPC_RAST TPC_PROP TPC_TEX TPC_MP] Jun 17 19:50:24 ds9 kernel: nouveau 0000:01:00.0: gr: PGRAPH_VSTATUS2: 0034db6d [ENG2D ROP] That i had not seen for a good while I have seen the fix on the forum for the Plasma problem but not quite sure if that is my exact problem because of the zero lenght lib files . Is this worth fixing or do i buy a new HDD and reinstall Thanks Pete .