Re: Tragic State of FreeBSD Audio/Sound

Kurt Jaeger <[email protected]> Tue, 21 Jul 2026 12:31:00 +0200

Newsgroups	gmane.os.freebsd.devel.hackers,gmane.os.freebsd.current,gmane.os.freebsd.stable
Message-ID	<[email protected]>

Hi!

> > Disable the stock PulseAudio autostart.
> 
> Why, what's wrong with it?

In my case I have no idea what service is starting it.

Any hints ?

> >    if [ -z "$XDG_RUNTIME_DIR" ]; then
> >        export XDG_RUNTIME_DIR="/var/run/user/$(id -u)"
> >        mkdir -p "$XDG_RUNTIME_DIR"
> >        chmod 700 "$XDG_RUNTIME_DIR"
> >    fi
> 
> This is done by pam_xdg, you shouldn't do that yourself.

I use startx to start my beloved, old-timer, vtwm session 8-}

Where does XDG come into play ?

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