/etc/rc.d/service_name stop && /etc/rc.d/service_name start should do the trick. -Adam
On August 18, 2014 11:51:39 AM CDT, Worik Stanton <worik.stan...@gmail.com> wrote: >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] -- Sent from my Android device with K-9 Mail. Please excuse my brevity.
