Date: Tue, 21 Jul 2026 13:44:59 +0300 From: Gleb Popov <arrowd@freebsd.org> To: Kurt Jaeger <pi@freebsd.org> Cc: "freebsd-current@freebsd.org" <freebsd-current@freebsd.org>, "freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.org" <freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org>, "freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.org" <freebsd-stable@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: Tragic State of FreeBSD Audio/Sound Message-ID: <CALH631km3SXG4Sb1dLALa60NfVtzFWdPhyEQ8rOZVmxdg_N=3A@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <al9KZF4U7BhZvvWZ@fc.opsec.eu> References: <hkttyyfmuguexmliuhmg@ewtn> <sirudbjwrqwlhpzjpfqf@abqv> <CAK7dMtCRpXO71v=AEsrtuQufVJHjN%2B%2BhsN6CT_MkXhMa1-JOzw@mail.gmail.com> <CALH631mZWS9e9FDXPUT8N8W8WnNnpfYaoPuRyqXhqNTW9=atLw@mail.gmail.com> <al9KZF4U7BhZvvWZ@fc.opsec.eu>
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On Tue, Jul 21, 2026 at 1:30 PM Kurt Jaeger <pi@freebsd.org> wrote: > > 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 ? IIRC, it gets started whenever something calls libpulse.so APIs. > > > 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 ? When you log in as your user: # grep -r pam_xdg /etc/pam.d/ /etc/pam.d/system:session required pam_xdg.sohome | help
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