Hi Fzinken,
That did it! have ssh access again and kodi starts. I think it will probably be better to reload
my kodi plugins again then copy from .kodi backup which was 586M
Not sure if this is related but
sudo apt-get update is throwing some errors:
osmc@osmc:/var/lib/apt/lists$ sudo apt-get update
Ign:2 Index of /debian stretch InRelease
Hit:3 http://security.debian.org stretch/updates InRelease
Hit:4 Index of /debian stretch-updates InRelease
Hit:5 Index of /debian stretch Release
Hit:1 Index of /osmc/osmc/apt stretch InRelease
Reading package lists… Error!
E: Encountered a section with no Package: header
E: Problem with MergeList /var/lib/apt/lists/ftp.debian.org_debian_dists_stretch_main_i18n_Translation-en
E: The package lists or status file could not be parsed or opened.
This is what is in my lists:
osmc@osmc:/var/lib/apt/lists$ ls
apt.osmc.tv_dists_stretch_InRelease
apt.osmc.tv_dists_stretch_main_binary-armhf_Packages
apt.osmc.tv_dists_stretch_main_binary-armhf_Packages.diff_Index
ftp.debian.org_debian_dists_stretch_contrib_binary-armhf_Packages
ftp.debian.org_debian_dists_stretch_contrib_i18n_Translation-en
ftp.debian.org_debian_dists_stretch_main_binary-armhf_Packages
ftp.debian.org_debian_dists_stretch_main_i18n_Translation-en
ftp.debian.org_debian_dists_stretch_non-free_binary-armhf_Packages
ftp.debian.org_debian_dists_stretch_non-free_i18n_Translation-en
ftp.debian.org_debian_dists_stretch_Release
ftp.debian.org_debian_dists_stretch_Release.gpg
ftp.debian.org_debian_dists_stretch-updates_InRelease
ftp.debian.org_debian_dists_stretch-updates_main_binary-armhf_Packages
ftp.debian.org_debian_dists_stretch-updates_main_binary-armhf_Packages.diff_Index
ftp.debian.org_debian_dists_stretch-updates_main_i18n_Translation-en
ftp.debian.org_debian_dists_stretch-updates_main_i18n_Translation-en.diff_Index
lock
partial
security.debian.org_dists_stretch_updates_contrib_binary-armhf_Packages
security.debian.org_dists_stretch_updates_contrib_i18n_Translation-en
security.debian.org_dists_stretch_updates_InRelease
security.debian.org_dists_stretch_updates_main_binary-armhf_Packages
security.debian.org_dists_stretch_updates_main_i18n_Translation-en
security.debian.org_dists_stretch_updates_non-free_binary-armhf_Packages
security.debian.org_dists_stretch_updates_non-free_i18n_Translation-en
Not sure if these are obsolete repos now but I’ll wait for advice.
Thank you all all your help so far,