gam_server driving me nuts

[Lowell Gilbert]

Peter <petermatulis at yahoo.ca> writes:

> During a ports upgrade fam was replaced by gamin.  Now my power supply fan
> keeps turning up and down.  This is causing a lot of noise and is very
> annoying.  I can't seem to kill the thing either; damn thing respawns. 
> What are other people doing?

These facts seem very unlikely to be related...