From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (qmail 26577 invoked by alias); 6 Oct 2010 18:59:32 -0000 Received: (qmail 26566 invoked by uid 22791); 6 Oct 2010 18:59:31 -0000 X-SWARE-Spam-Status: No, hits=0.3 required=5.0 tests=AWL,BAYES_00,FREEMAIL_ENVFROM_END_DIGIT,FREEMAIL_FROM,RCVD_IN_DNSWL_NONE,T_TO_NO_BRKTS_FREEMAIL X-Spam-Check-By: sourceware.org Received: from mailout-de.gmx.net (HELO mail.gmx.net) (213.165.64.23) by sourceware.org (qpsmtpd/0.43rc1) with SMTP; Wed, 06 Oct 2010 18:59:26 +0000 Received: (qmail invoked by alias); 06 Oct 2010 18:59:23 -0000 Received: from e179208226.adsl.alicedsl.de (EHLO localhost) [85.179.208.226] by mail.gmx.net (mp011) with SMTP; 06 Oct 2010 20:59:23 +0200 Date: Wed, 06 Oct 2010 18:59:00 -0000 From: Michael Ludwig To: cygwin@cygwin.com Subject: Re: Slowdown after update on Win32 (XP Home) Message-ID: <20101006185911.GG3984@wladimir> Mail-Followup-To: cygwin@cygwin.com References: <20100930231948.GA792@wladimir> <4CA52D89.4010208@cygwin.com> <20101002000810.GA6024@wladimir> <4CA924BF.3020806@cygwin.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <4CA924BF.3020806@cygwin.com> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.20 (2009-12-10) X-IsSubscribed: yes Mailing-List: contact cygwin-help@cygwin.com; run by ezmlm Precedence: bulk List-Id: List-Subscribe: List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: , Sender: cygwin-owner@cygwin.com Mail-Followup-To: cygwin@cygwin.com X-SW-Source: 2010-10/txt/msg00151.txt.bz2 Larry Hall (Cygwin) schrieb am 03.10.2010 um 20:50 (-0400): > On 10/1/2010 8:08 PM, Michael Ludwig wrote: > >Larry Hall (Cygwin) schrieb am 30.09.2010 um 20:38 (-0400): > >>My WAG is you're suffering from changes in the new version of > >>bash_completion. If you don't use this, uninstall it. > > > >Would bash completion account for several simultaneous bash processes > >on login as described? Anyway, I uninstalled it, and the problem > >persists. > > OK. I see it points out ZoneAlarm. That's worth uninstalling and > trying again. Sorry for replying late, and thanks for your help. I uninstalled that ZoneAlarm crapware several years ago. Looks like the uninstall routine forgot to remove one registry key. > You should also look at virus and other security software you have > installed. Uninstall them 1 by 1 to see if you can pinpoint the > problem. I don't run any security software other than Windows Firewall. Multiple simultaneous bash processes trying to start up, that's what I keep observing. Process performance is as usual, but process creation is horribly slow, probably because it is frequently failing before it can be accomplished. -- Michael Ludwig -- Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/ Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple