Hello,

In the Message; 

  Subject    : KDE is practically dead after latest update
  Message-ID : <fc45493a-52ca-4402-a1fa-b2c6f4027c6f@chem.u-szeged.hu>
  Date & Time: Wed, 5 Jun 2024 10:27:36 +0200

[AO] == Albert Oszkó <oszko@chem.u-szeged.hu> has written:

AO>  .Hi all,

AO>  After the latest major update (including kernel 6.9.3) KDE Plasma X11 became
AO>  unusable on TW. Plasma Wayland is even worse. Fortunately XFCE can be used,
AO>  though it lso slowed down with long response times to clicking.

AO>  What happenned? Can somebody help me to figure out?
[...]

This would solve your plasma6 issue;

     1 start YaST2 as root.

     2. select View panel, then patterns

     3. select "KDE Plasma 6 Desktop" item

     4. select Dependencies Tab, then "Check Now" 

     6. push Accept button

then proceed to Plasma6 login.

AO>  /In addition I also lost my microphone, which I would badly need for Zoom/Teams/

Please show the results of;

  1. $ rpm -qa *pipewire*

  2. $ pactl info

Best Regards.

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Sorry for the late answer, I was away for a while.

rpm -qa *pipewire*:

libpipewire-0_3-0-32bit-1.0.7-1.1.x86_64
kpipewire-imports-5.27.11-1.2.x86_64
kpipewire6-imports-6.0.5-1.1.x86_64
pipewire-modules-0_3-1.0.7-1.1.x86_64
libpipewire-0_3-0-1.0.7-1.1.x86_64
pipewire-spa-tools-1.0.7-1.1.x86_64
pipewire-spa-plugins-0_2-32bit-1.0.7-1.1.x86_64
pipewire-1.0.7-1.1.x86_64
pipewire-lang-1.0.7-1.1.noarch
pipewire-pulseaudio-1.0.7-1.1.x86_64
pipewire-tools-1.0.7-1.1.x86_64
pipewire-modules-0_3-32bit-1.0.7-1.1.x86_64
pipewire-alsa-32bit-1.0.7-1.1.x86_64
pipewire-spa-plugins-0_2-1.0.7-1.1.x86_64

pactl info:

Server String: /run/user/1000/pulse/native
Library Protocol Version: 35
Server Protocol Version: 35
Is Local: yes
Client Index: 1014
Tile Size: 65472
User Name: berci
Host Name: 20014C4C21DB5F000000000000001000.catv.pool.telekom.hu
Server Name: PulseAudio (on PipeWire 1.0.7)
Server Version: 15.0.0
Default Sample Specification: float32le 2ch 48000Hz
Default Channel Map: front-left,front-right
Default Sink: alsa_output.pci-0000_00_1f.3.analog-stereo
Default Source: alsa_input.pci-0000_00_1f.3.analog-stereo
Cookie: f732:6ff9

BTW in the weekend I tried to do something with my microphone in Zoom/Teams. I did not succeed. I  tried in Xfce Firefox, Vivaldi, and then Chrome (it was a bit tricky to get it to work). Then I reanimated my little old Win10 laptop. I tried Firefox, Chrome and Opera. Did not work. The only config that worked was MS Edge and Teams. I did not like it.

Cheers