Suggestion Regarding Bluetooth
So I been having issues with there not being a way to block microphone access on the operating system level. Which means my bluetooth headset keeps switching over to hands free mode. It will not stop and everytime I try to change it back it causes me not to be able to hear anything. After fighting with this bug it eventually allows me to play the game without it trying to grab the mic.
One windows there is an option to block the microphone system wide. That way it avoids this issue in the first place. What I am asking is there to be an implantation of something to block the mic system wide to avoid this issue in the first place. So that everytime I launch a game like roblox through sober or steam games that I dont have to fight with my earbuds switching to hands free mode over and over.
Screenshot attached with show what I am meaning. Windows has a built in option for mic. Can we get the same thing?
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I have tried multiple times to block the mic access in linux but there is no way at all to do this
Theres an ujust script called toggle-bt-mic, not sure if that's what you're looking for
Will that block programs from accessing the mic in the first place
i dont use bluetooth audio on my machine but i believe you can just disable the mic portion by selecting a different profile in your sound settings in kde or pwvucontrol or pulseaudio volume control in gnome (i dont use gnome, no idea what the default application for it is there on our image)
I think i might have found a solution
KDE Discuss
No Privacy option on KDE to block programs from accessing Mic
Please add a setting to allow users to block apps and programs from accessing microphone. Like windows does. Reason: I have been having a ton of issues across different linux distros using KDE that made them completely useless for me because everytime I try to launch a game that has microphone access it causes my earbuds to switch to hands free...