Re: Video and Sound on FreeBSD 15/Stable

On 11/12/2025 14:28, Jeff Lloyd wrote:
> Best to add these commands where, in /boot/loader.conf, or /etc/ 
> rc.conf?  And to be clear, do I need to physically add root and any 
> other user to the _sndio group as well?  Thank you.

Run service command as root. The first should enable it in /etc/rc.conf, 
the second will start the sndiod. It will start automatically after the 
reboot.
I'm not sure if it's necessary to add some users to the _sndio group. I 
don't have VMware guest, nor do I have sndio enabled on my desktop 
computer.
>     The user nad group is used by sndio daemon.
> 
>     You should enable the service and start the service.
> 
>          service sndiod enable
>          service sndiod start
> 
>     Kind regards
>     Miroslav Lachman