I tried the move of mv /storage/.kodi/ to /storage/.kodi.old/. It did not help the lack of choices for Viewtype. The fun news was reversing the renaming did not get the expected results with a bunch of missing files and folders in .kodi. I pulled it out of my weekly backup .tar so at least at ground zero. I may do a new SD image and reconfigure a new Libreelec 12.0.0 and peace it all back together.
Thanks for your help.