On 18/08/14 19:58, Alexandre Ratchov wrote: [snip]
>> What is the proper way to turn it off? >> > > set sndiod_flags=NO in /etc/rc.conf.local (create one if it doesn't > exist). This is explained here: > > http://www.openbsd.org/faq/faq10.html#rc Thank you that is helpful. My bad, I had read that part of the FAQ but it did not sink in. I assume that I can just kill sndio in the meantime rather than rebooting. In the general case when editing /etc/rc (via changes in/etc/rc.conf.local) what is the way to set the state of the system daemons without having to reboot? Is it just a matter of killing and starting the daemons by hand or is there a general way to accomplish this without rebooting or entering single user mode? > On Sat, Aug 16, 2014 at 09:31:03AM +1200, worik wrote: >> I do not use sound on my machine. I am new to OpenBSD and in examining >> the running system I see sndio is running. >> > > When unused, sndiod is very small (eg. smaller than getty) and > disabling it won't save much memory. Think of it as a kernel > service we moved in user-space. It's like all these features that > you don't use but that consume a tiny amount of memory (drivers for > file systems you don't have, softraid, drivers for hardware you > don't have etc). Yes. But I am running OpenBSD for a reason, and it is not as a sound server, it will do no sound serving. So one less programme running is one less complication. Maybe a very small bit less, but still finitely less. cheers Worik -- Why is the legal status of chardonnay different to that of cannabis? worik.stan...@gmail.com 021-1680650, (03) 4821804 Aotearoa (New Zealand) [demime 1.01d removed an attachment of type application/pgp-signature which had a name of signature.asc]
