SUMMARY When I mute using middle click, the popup that shows the changed the status of microphone is inverted. So if the microphone was muted, it shows microphone with volume bar indicating it is un-muted and vice versa. The icon is displayed correctly if I use keyboard shortcut to mute/unmute. Also the icon in panel and right click menu of the mic icon both show the correct state of mic. This only occurs when using middle click to mute. STEPS TO REPRODUCE 1. Use pipewire-pa instead of pulseaudio. 2. Launch an application that uses microphone so that icon shows up in panel. 3. Use middle click to mute. OBSERVED RESULT The popup indicating state of mic shows inverted state. EXPECTED RESULT The popup should indicate the correct state of mic SOFTWARE/OS VERSIONS Linux/KDE Plasma: Arch Linux KDE Plasma Version: 5.22.3 KDE Frameworks Version: 5.83.0 Qt Version: 5.15.2 ADDITIONAL INFORMATION 1. Only occurs on pipewire-pa. 2. Only occurs when using middle click to mute/unmute. 3. The functionality of muting/unmuting works as expected. 4. The state of mic is correct in panel icon.
This works fine here (using pipewire 0.3.35). The only explanation I have is that this was a pipewire bug that got fixed in the meantime. Does it still happen for you?
Created attachment 141795 [details] Wrong pop up when muting using middle click.
I can still reproduce this, added the attachment to show what is wrong.
Okay, I think I just discovered something new, I have a wired headset connected which is when this is happening. Removing the headset and using my laptop's audio works fine. The icon in the task bar shows correct status, that is why I think it is not a pipewire.
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To summarize what I have figured: 1) The bug appears both on X and Wayland. 2) Happens only when using middle click to mute/unmute from the system tray. Works fine with keyboard shortcut. 3) I can reproduce this bug when I am using my wired headphones for mic. When the audio is set to internal microphone, the popup shows the correct status.
Just updated to PipeWire 0.3.39 and I can't reproduce it anymore. Looks like it indeed was a pipewire bug. Marking this as resolved.