Through a series of unfortunate events my install got corrupted and I needed to re-install LinHES.  Before I re-installed I noticed a few quirky things one of which was that LinHES settings menu wasn't working.  It would open but if clicked on anything the computer would think for a few seconds and then give up. So I did the reinstall from the 8.5.1 ISO and it fixed everything including the LinHES settings menu.  I did a 
Code:
sudo pacman -Syu
 which updated the kernel among other things and now the menu doesn't work again.  
So am I the only one having this problem or is someone else?  
a snipit from the Pacman.log. 
Code:
[2018-02-17 02:25] [PACMAN] Running 'pacman -Syu'
[2018-02-17 02:25] [PACMAN] synchronizing package lists
[2018-02-17 02:25] [PACMAN] starting full system upgrade
[2018-02-17 02:25] [PACMAN] Running 'pacman -Syu'
[2018-02-17 02:25] [PACMAN] synchronizing package lists
[2018-02-17 02:25] [PACMAN] starting full system upgrade
[2018-02-17 02:25] [ALPM] transaction started
[2018-02-17 02:25] [ALPM] upgraded LinHES-config (8.5.1-1 -> 8.5.1-2)
[2018-02-17 02:25] [ALPM-SCRIPTLET]     *TEMPLATES is not defined
[2018-02-17 02:25] [ALPM-SCRIPTLET]     *using default value
[2018-02-17 02:25] [ALPM-SCRIPTLET] ____Start of IR____
[2018-02-17 02:25] [ALPM-SCRIPTLET]     Trying to link /usr/MythVantage/templates/remotes/favorites/streamzap/lircd.conf.streamzap ->  /etc/lirc/lircd.conf.d/remote_lircd.conf
[2018-02-17 02:25] [ALPM-SCRIPTLET]     Setting up lirc for Kodi
[2018-02-17 02:25] [ALPM-SCRIPTLET]     Trying to link /usr/MythVantage/templates/remotes/favorites/streamzap/Lircmap.xml ->  /home/mythtv/.kodi/userdata/Lircmap.xml
[2018-02-17 02:25] [ALPM-SCRIPTLET]     Setting up lirc for PlexHT
[2018-02-17 02:25] [ALPM-SCRIPTLET]     Trying to link /usr/MythVantage/templates/remotes/favorites/streamzap/Lircmap.xml ->  /home/mythtv/.plexht/userdata/Lircmap.xml
[2018-02-17 02:25] [ALPM-SCRIPTLET]     Adding service remotes
[2018-02-17 02:25] [ALPM-SCRIPTLET]     Adding service irexec
[2018-02-17 02:25] [ALPM-SCRIPTLET]     Configuring receiver streamzap
[2018-02-17 02:25] [ALPM-SCRIPTLET]     Removing service igdaemon
[2018-02-17 02:25] [ALPM-SCRIPTLET]     stop service igdaemon
[2018-02-17 02:25] [ALPM-SCRIPTLET]     Removing service tatir
[2018-02-17 02:25] [ALPM-SCRIPTLET]     stop service tatir
[2018-02-17 02:25] [ALPM-SCRIPTLET]     HostBlasterType : None
[2018-02-17 02:25] [ALPM-SCRIPTLET]     Triggering udev
[2018-02-17 02:25] [ALPM-SCRIPTLET]     Disabling LCD support
[2018-02-17 02:25] [ALPM-SCRIPTLET]     Removing service lcdd
[2018-02-17 02:25] [ALPM-SCRIPTLET]     stop service lcdd
[2018-02-17 02:25] [ALPM-SCRIPTLET] __End IR
[2018-02-17 02:25] [ALPM-SCRIPTLET] 
[2018-02-17 02:25] [ALPM-SCRIPTLET] ____Start of vnc config ____
[2018-02-17 02:25] [ALPM-SCRIPTLET]     Removing service vnc
[2018-02-17 02:25] [ALPM-SCRIPTLET]     stop service vnc
[2018-02-17 02:25] [ALPM-SCRIPTLET]     Checking tigervnc for removal
[2018-02-17 02:25] [ALPM-SCRIPTLET]     tigervnc is not installed, will not remove
[2018-02-17 02:25] [ALPM-SCRIPTLET]      Installing x11vnc system
[2018-02-17 02:25] [ALPM-SCRIPTLET] 
[2018-02-17 02:25] [ALPM-SCRIPTLET]     Checking x11vnc for install
[2018-02-17 02:25] [ALPM-SCRIPTLET]     x11vnc is already installed, will not install
[2018-02-17 02:25] [ALPM-SCRIPTLET]     Adding service xvnc
[2018-02-17 02:25] [ALPM-SCRIPTLET] __End of vnc
[2018-02-17 02:25] [ALPM-SCRIPTLET] 
[2018-02-17 02:25] [ALPM-SCRIPTLET] ____Start of locale/lang config ____
[2018-02-17 02:25] [ALPM-SCRIPTLET]     locale is: en_US.UTF-8
[2018-02-17 02:25] [ALPM-SCRIPTLET]     Generating locales
[2018-02-17 02:25] [ALPM-SCRIPTLET]     Updating /etc/locale.conf
[2018-02-17 02:25] [ALPM-SCRIPTLET]    Removing pts and shm from fstab...
[2018-02-17 02:25] [ALPM] upgraded xdotool (2.20110530.1-1 -> 3.20160805.1-1)
[2018-02-17 02:25] [ALPM-SCRIPTLET] Waiting for response...
[2018-02-17 02:25] [ALPM-SCRIPTLET]    Server acknowledged client 
[2018-02-17 02:25] [ALPM-SCRIPTLET] 
[2018-02-17 02:25] [ALPM-SCRIPTLET] Waiting for response...
[2018-02-17 02:25] [ALPM-SCRIPTLET]    Server acknowledged client 
[2018-02-17 02:25] [ALPM-SCRIPTLET] 
[2018-02-17 02:25] [ALPM-SCRIPTLET] ok: down: msg_daemon: 0s, normally up
[2018-02-17 02:25] [ALPM-SCRIPTLET] msg_daemon.py: no process found
[2018-02-17 02:25] [ALPM] upgraded LinHES-system (8.5-2 -> 8.5.1-2)
[2018-02-17 02:25] [ALPM-SCRIPTLET] ok: run: msg_daemon: (pid 6077) 0s
[2018-02-17 02:25] [ALPM] upgraded linux (4.9.64-1 -> 4.9.73-1)
[2018-02-17 02:25] [ALPM-SCRIPTLET] >>> Updating module dependencies. Please wait ...
[2018-02-17 02:25] [ALPM] upgraded ceton_infinitv (2013.0326.2226-23 -> 2013.0326.2226-24)
[2018-02-17 02:25] [ALPM-SCRIPTLET] rmmod: ERROR: Module ctn91xx is not currently loaded
[2018-02-17 02:26] [ALPM] upgraded libhdhomerun (20150826-1 -> 20170930-1)
[2018-02-17 02:26] [ALPM] upgraded linhes-theme (8.5-4 -> 8.5.1-4)
[2018-02-17 02:26] [ALPM-SCRIPTLET] Clearing themecache and quitting mythfrontend.
[2018-02-17 02:26] [ALPM] upgraded mythtv (29-7 -> 29.1-1)
[2018-02-17 02:26] [ALPM-SCRIPTLET]     gen_is_xml: reading in appletrailers_is.conf
[2018-02-17 02:26] [ALPM-SCRIPTLET]     gen_lib_xml:  no conf files found
[2018-02-17 02:26] [ALPM-SCRIPTLET]     gen_lib_xml:  reading in /usr/share/mythtv/themes/defaultmenu/library.xml
[2018-02-17 02:26] [ALPM-SCRIPTLET]     gen_lib_xml:  Removing /mythmenu tag 
[2018-02-17 02:26] [ALPM-SCRIPTLET]     gen_lib_xml:  Writing /home/mythtv/.mythtv/library.xml
[2018-02-17 02:26] [ALPM-SCRIPTLET]     *TEMPLATES is not defined
[2018-02-17 02:26] [ALPM-SCRIPTLET]     *using default value
[2018-02-17 02:26] [ALPM-SCRIPTLET]    setup config.xml
[2018-02-17 02:26] [ALPM-SCRIPTLET]     Removing link /usr/share/mythtv/config.xml 
[2018-02-17 02:26] [ALPM-SCRIPTLET]     Removing link /root/.mythtv/config.xml 
[2018-02-17 02:26] [ALPM-SCRIPTLET]     Writing /home/mythtv/.mythtv/config.xml
[2018-02-17 02:26] [ALPM-SCRIPTLET]     Trying to link /home/mythtv/.mythtv/config.xml ->  /usr/share/mythtv/config.xml
[2018-02-17 02:26] [ALPM-SCRIPTLET]     Trying to link /home/mythtv/.mythtv/config.xml ->  /root/.mythtv/config.xml
[2018-02-17 02:26] [ALPM] upgraded mytharchive (29-7 -> 29.1-1)
[2018-02-17 02:26] [ALPM] upgraded mythbrowser (29-7 -> 29.1-1)
[2018-02-17 02:26] [ALPM] upgraded mythgame (29-7 -> 29.1-1)
[2018-02-17 02:26] [ALPM] upgraded mythinstall (8.5-2 -> 8.5.1-2)
[2018-02-17 02:26] [ALPM] upgraded mythmusic (29-7 -> 29.1-1)
[2018-02-17 02:26] [ALPM] upgraded mythnews (29-7 -> 29.1-1)
[2018-02-17 02:26] [ALPM] upgraded mythweather (29-7 -> 29.1-1)
[2018-02-17 02:26] [ALPM] upgraded mythweb (29-2 -> 29-3)
[2018-02-17 02:26] [ALPM-SCRIPTLET] ==> Setting mythweb permissions.
[2018-02-17 02:26] [ALPM-SCRIPTLET] ==> Reading lighttpd's configuration file.
[2018-02-17 02:26] [ALPM-SCRIPTLET]     gen_light_conf: reading in supplemental-web.conf
[2018-02-17 02:26] [ALPM-SCRIPTLET]     gen_light_conf: reading in ssl-inc.conf
[2018-02-17 02:26] [ALPM-SCRIPTLET]     gen_light_conf: reading in shellinaboxd.conf
[2018-02-17 02:26] [ALPM-SCRIPTLET]     gen_light_conf: reading in xymon-server.conf
[2018-02-17 02:26] [ALPM-SCRIPTLET]     gen_light_conf: reading in mythweb.conf
[2018-02-17 02:26] [ALPM-SCRIPTLET] ==> Restarting lighttpd.
[2018-02-17 02:26] [ALPM] upgraded nano (2.8.1-1 -> 2.9.1-1)
[2018-02-17 02:26] [ALPM] transaction completed
[2018-02-17 02:26] [ALPM] running '90-linux.hook'...
[2018-02-17 02:26] [ALPM-SCRIPTLET] ==> Building image from preset: /etc/mkinitcpio.d/linux.preset: 'default'
[2018-02-17 02:26] [ALPM-SCRIPTLET]   -> -k /boot/vmlinuz-linux -c /etc/mkinitcpio.conf -g /boot/initramfs-linux.img
[2018-02-17 02:26] [ALPM-SCRIPTLET] ==> Starting build: 4.9.73-1-ARCH
[2018-02-17 02:26] [ALPM-SCRIPTLET]   -> Running build hook: [base]
[2018-02-17 02:26] [ALPM-SCRIPTLET]   -> Running build hook: [udev]
[2018-02-17 02:26] [ALPM-SCRIPTLET]   -> Running build hook: [autodetect]
[2018-02-17 02:26] [ALPM-SCRIPTLET]   -> Running build hook: [modconf]
[2018-02-17 02:26] [ALPM-SCRIPTLET]   -> Running build hook: [block]
[2018-02-17 02:26] [ALPM-SCRIPTLET]   -> Running build hook: [filesystems]
[2018-02-17 02:26] [ALPM-SCRIPTLET]   -> Running build hook: [keyboard]
[2018-02-17 02:26] [ALPM-SCRIPTLET]   -> Running build hook: [fsck]
[2018-02-17 02:26] [ALPM-SCRIPTLET]   -> Running build hook: [v86d]
[2018-02-17 02:26] [ALPM-SCRIPTLET]   -> Running build hook: [plymouth]
[2018-02-17 02:26] [ALPM-SCRIPTLET] ==> Generating module dependencies
[2018-02-17 02:26] [ALPM-SCRIPTLET] ==> Creating gzip-compressed initcpio image: /boot/initramfs-linux.img
[2018-02-17 02:26] [ALPM-SCRIPTLET] ==> Image generation successful
[2018-02-17 02:26] [ALPM-SCRIPTLET] ==> Building image from preset: /etc/mkinitcpio.d/linux.preset: 'fallback'
[2018-02-17 02:26] [ALPM-SCRIPTLET]   -> -k /boot/vmlinuz-linux -c /etc/mkinitcpio.conf -g /boot/initramfs-linux-fallback.img -S autodetect
[2018-02-17 02:26] [ALPM-SCRIPTLET] ==> Starting build: 4.9.73-1-ARCH
[2018-02-17 02:26] [ALPM-SCRIPTLET]   -> Running build hook: [base]
[2018-02-17 02:26] [ALPM-SCRIPTLET]   -> Running build hook: [udev]
[2018-02-17 02:26] [ALPM-SCRIPTLET]   -> Running build hook: [modconf]
[2018-02-17 02:26] [ALPM-SCRIPTLET]   -> Running build hook: [block]
[2018-02-17 02:26] [ALPM-SCRIPTLET] ==> WARNING: Possibly missing firmware for module: aic94xx
[2018-02-17 02:26] [ALPM-SCRIPTLET] ==> WARNING: Possibly missing firmware for module: wd719x
[2018-02-17 02:26] [ALPM-SCRIPTLET]   -> Running build hook: [filesystems]
[2018-02-17 02:26] [ALPM-SCRIPTLET]   -> Running build hook: [keyboard]
[2018-02-17 02:26] [ALPM-SCRIPTLET]   -> Running build hook: [fsck]
[2018-02-17 02:26] [ALPM-SCRIPTLET]   -> Running build hook: [v86d]
[2018-02-17 02:26] [ALPM-SCRIPTLET]   -> Running build hook: [plymouth]
[2018-02-17 02:26] [ALPM-SCRIPTLET] ==> Generating module dependencies
[2018-02-17 02:26] [ALPM-SCRIPTLET] ==> Creating gzip-compressed initcpio image: /boot/initramfs-linux-fallback.img
[2018-02-17 02:26] [ALPM-SCRIPTLET] ==> Image generation successful