Does anyone have any ideas on why using dolphin creates numerous inotify messages.
ie. inotify_add_watch (many varied addresses for root and user) failed: (Permission denied).
I have deleted all dolphin files, removed and reinstalled dolphin, tried stopping Baloo, tried upping 'fs.inotify.max_user_watches', tried creating new user, all to no avail.????

Can you bit a bit more precise about messages? They pop-up when you run Dolphin? Or are you running Dolphin from cli and get that ouput? Or do you see those in the journal?
Also, how is the disk setup, all drives/partitions mounted with correct permissions?

They show in the journal when using "journalctl -b | grep "fail"
Mar 30 16:18:38 Airtop dolphin[4058797]: inotify_add_watch(/run/media/johnny/Root_sdb3/root) failed: (Permission denied)
Mar 30 16:20:14 Airtop dolphin[4058797]: inotify_add_watch(/run/openvpn-client) failed: (Permission denied)
Mar 30 16:20:14 Airtop dolphin[4058797]: inotify_add_watch(/run/openvpn-server) failed: (Permission denied)
Mar 30 16:20:14 Airtop dolphin[4058797]: inotify_add_watch(/run/sudo) failed: (Permission denied)
Mar 30 16:20:14 Airtop dolphin[4058797]: inotify_add_watch(/run/udisks2) failed: (Permission denied)
Mar 30 16:20:14 Airtop dolphin[4058797]: inotify_add_watch(/run/cryptsetup) failed: (Permission denied)
Mar 30 16:20:14 Airtop dolphin[4058797]: inotify_add_watch(/root) failed: (Permission denied)
Mar 30 16:20:14 Airtop dolphin[4058797]: inotify_add_watch(/boot) failed: (Permission denied)
Mar 30 16:20:28 Airtop dolphin[4058797]: inotify_add_watch(/boot) failed: (Permission denied)
Mar 30 16:20:28 Airtop dolphin[4058797]: inotify_add_watch(/home/.Trash-0) failed: (Permission denied)
Mar 30 16:20:29 Airtop dolphin[4058797]: inotify_add_watch(/root) failed: (Permission denied)
Mar 30 16:20:29 Airtop dolphin[4058797]: inotify_add_watch(/home/john) failed: (Permission denied)
Mar 30 16:21:51 Airtop dolphin[4058797]: inotify_add_watch(/boot) failed: (Permission denied)
Mar 30 16:21:51 Airtop dolphin[4058797]: inotify_add_watch(/home/.Trash-0) failed: (Permission denied)
Mar 30 16:21:51 Airtop dolphin[4058797]: inotify_add_watch(/root) failed: (Permission denied)
Mar 30 16:21:51 Airtop dolphin[4058797]: inotify_add_watch(/home/john) failed: (Permission denied)
It does not appear to be a permissions problem as I have checked and they are the same as another Kaos system that does not show the errors.
Dolphin is not being run from the CL.
All disks appear to be set up correctly. The messages have only started in the last few weeks prior to that all OK.

SOLVED.
The issue appears to be resolved after many hours hunting around. I don't know what solved it, but I removed several programs and a a selection of redundant files. Too many reboots to test each one separately. Running perfectly again.