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
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