I'm not sure I understand the question, but perhaps you mean why don't
I like KDE? I don't have any dislike for KDE. I was simply suggesting
using another DE as a troubleshooting measure. Sometimes breakage is
confined to a particular one and switching to another will allow you to
work around or better troubleshoot the breakage.

If you are running rawhide, IMHO, it's always a good idea to have
several DE's installed and ready to run for this reason.

kevin

Hi
thank you for
the comprehensive answer.

because with a whole host of problems,
including the one I reported in an other place
I would also understand why alsa / pulseaudio fail to
use
and or to let me select the correct device
using
kde system settings or plasma-pa

regards
.g