Added the service sndiod enable and service sndiod start to rc.conf and the system got hung booting. Here is the following info from my system, it seems to be recognizing the correct audio device, but still, no sound. Sorry about the pasted picture, copy and paste between the VM and Host is finicky...
[image: image.png] On Thu, Dec 11, 2025 at 9:44 AM Miroslav Lachman <[email protected]> wrote: > 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 > >
