SUMMARY Hi, I am new to linux and started off with Nobara KDE and facing a problem with my bluetooth keyboard. It can store up to 3 devices and can switch between them. Whenever I switch out of the system to my laptop it force mutes all playback device without interfering with media and I have to toggle it back on manually or spam commands for unmute with script. I believe its a bug in powerdevil from the logs and got an suggestion to post a bug report here. Links for images and logs: 1. Screenshots: https://imgur.com/a/EcMbW26 2. Log from inxi: https://pastebin.com/gDUtZgbY STEPS TO REPRODUCE 1. Connect keyboard to system with bluetooth 2. Switch to another device with keyboard key combination OBSERVED RESULT All playback devices are muted immediately and have to turned back on manually EXPECTED RESULT Audio devices shouldn't be muted and continue operating SOFTWARE/OS VERSIONS Linux/KDE Plasma: Nobara Linux 38 KDE Plasma Version: 5.27.6 KDE Frameworks Version: 5.108.0 Qt Version: 5.15.10
Hello, and thanks for the bug report. Powerdevil doesn't have the ability to do this, so it's not that. Bluez might, but that's not a KDE component; it's something in the Linux Kernel. It's also possible that PipeWire is watching for Bluetooth connections and it's mistakenly classified your keyboard as a headset or something. But that again does not involve any KDE code; all of this stuff takes place at a level below us. So at the moment it is not clear that there's a bug in any KDE code here. I'd recommend that you follow up with your distro and ask them to help you pinpoint the exact cause and they can direct you to the right place to submit a bug report. If they directed you here, ask them to try again. :)