From owner-freebsd-ports@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Apr 24 00:53:40 2012 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-ports@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 16241106566B for ; Tue, 24 Apr 2012 00:53:40 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from conrads@cox.net) Received: from eastrmfepo202.cox.net (eastrmfepo202.cox.net [68.230.241.217]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 9EDCF8FC1C for ; Tue, 24 Apr 2012 00:53:39 +0000 (UTC) Received: from eastrmimpo210.cox.net ([68.230.241.225]) by eastrmfepo202.cox.net (InterMail vM.8.01.04.00 201-2260-137-20101110) with ESMTP id <20120424005338.FLDG1165.eastrmfepo202.cox.net@eastrmimpo210.cox.net>; Mon, 23 Apr 2012 20:53:38 -0400 Received: from serene.no-ip.org ([98.164.83.206]) by eastrmimpo210.cox.net with bizsmtp id 1ctc1j00V4T5sES02ctdUU; Mon, 23 Apr 2012 20:53:37 -0400 X-CT-Class: Clean X-CT-Score: 0.00 X-CT-RefID: str=0001.0A020209.4F95F991.009E,ss=1,re=0.000,fgs=0 X-CT-Spam: 0 X-Authority-Analysis: v=1.1 cv=MumIUUveRsteoKg+w4bORmS23HAI6KACvBpzRFKoVVU= c=1 sm=1 a=G8Uczd0VNMoA:10 a=kj9zAlcOel0A:10 a=cRs4AX/51puMaUeRAuoQtw==:17 a=tcgjaGXTAAAA:8 a=kviXuzpPAAAA:8 a=a-Xk_NBt91XA1kI0FDUA:9 a=CjuIK1q_8ugA:10 a=h4OmhKvtdQkA:10 a=4vB-4DCPJfMA:10 a=cRs4AX/51puMaUeRAuoQtw==:117 X-CM-Score: 0.00 Authentication-Results: cox.net; none Received: from cox.net (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by serene.no-ip.org (8.14.5/8.14.5) with ESMTP id q3O0raEp047507; Mon, 23 Apr 2012 19:53:36 -0500 (CDT) (envelope-from conrads@cox.net) Date: Mon, 23 Apr 2012 19:53:31 -0500 From: "Conrad J. Sabatier" To: rflynn@acsalaska.net Message-ID: <20120423195331.732548cc@cox.net> In-Reply-To: <50819.46.129.107.107.1335185486.squirrel@mymail.acsalaska.net> References: <50819.46.129.107.107.1335185486.squirrel@mymail.acsalaska.net> X-Mailer: Claws Mail 3.8.0 (GTK+ 2.24.6; amd64-portbld-freebsd10.0) Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: freebsd-ports@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Computer issues X-BeenThere: freebsd-ports@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Porting software to FreeBSD List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 24 Apr 2012 00:53:40 -0000 On Mon, 23 Apr 2012 04:51:26 -0800 (AKDT) rflynn@acsalaska.net wrote: > Hi, > > as some of you might have noticed, I've been absent lately. On a > reboot my CPU fan decided to stop working. I should have a > replacement computer in one or two weeks. Until then, my access is > rather limited and without access to BSD. Have you tried opening up the case and dusting off the fan? This has happened to me before (I nearly had a heart attack when it did!), and after opening up the case and dusting off the fan blades, voila! It started working again. I'm a heavy cigarette smoker, so my computer is hardly in the healthiest environment for it. Periodic cleaning does help, though. YMMV, of course. :-) -- Conrad J. Sabatier conrads@cox.net