Listing binary packages

After some reading about the cons of mixing binary and ports on FreeBSD, I needed to have a list of the binary packages in order to replace them by ports:

# pkg info --annotations --all | grep -B 1 binary

FreeBSD shutting down due to overheat on Lenovo T61

During long software compilations, FreeBSD was shutting down my laptop due to very high temperature.
After some research, I manage to have a stable system and build big ports without problems:

-First and foremost, re-apply thermal paste on your processor and GPU chip.

-Make sure your heat sink and fan are clean.

-Configure the system to load the ACPI module during boot time, loader.conf must have:

acpi_ibm_load="YES"
coretemp_load="YES"

coretemp will help you get additional temperature-related details.

You can monitor the temperature via sysctl, example:

# sysctl -a | grep temperature

-Adjust the ACPI module parameters. In my case, the following values helped to get a good temperature/performance balance:

# grep acpi /etc/sysctl.conf
hw.acpi.thermal.user_override=1
hw.acpi.thermal.polling_rate=2
hw.acpi.thermal.tz1._PSV=85.0C

Further details about them at acpi_ibm man page.

vimrc_example.vim

In some systems, for instance FreeBSD, you need to prepare your .vimrc right after installing vim:

-Install vim via ports or binary.

-Locate the .vimrc example and copy it to your home folder:

% vim --version | grep fall-back                       
  fall-back for $VIM: "/usr/local/share/vim"

% cp /usr/local/share/vim/vim74/vimrc_example.vim ~/.vimrc

It helps when you need some plugins, like the spell checker plugin which automatically downloads dictionaries for you.