On Fri Nov 28, 2025 at 02:06:33PM +0800, alex wrote: > Hello, > > I’ve installed the KDE desktop environment on OpenBSD, but after logging into > KDE, there is no sound, and the system reports “No audio devices found.” > > I’ve already verified the following: > > The sndiod daemon is running and enabled at boot (rcctl enable sndiod); > My user account is a member of the _sndio group, and I’ve relogged in; > Audio works fine from the terminal (e.g., aucat -i > /usr/share/misc/au/chimes.au); > I’m using official pre-built packages installed via pkg_add (including > KDE and Qt5). > > However, KDE’s System Settings > Sound still shows no audio devices, and many > KDE applications (e.g., Dolphin, Kaffeine) cannot produce sound. > > Do I need additional configuration to make Qt/KDE use sndio? Or is this a > known compatibility issue? > > Thank you for any advice! > > Best regards, >
It should work out-of-box with pulseaudio. You can install kmix if you want sndio support via KDE. However, could you share your pkg_info(1) output. Rafael
