From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (qmail 43346 invoked by alias); 26 May 2016 22:05:22 -0000 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 Received: (qmail 43338 invoked by uid 89); 26 May 2016 22:05:21 -0000 Authentication-Results: sourceware.org; auth=none X-Virus-Found: No X-Spam-SWARE-Status: No, score=2.9 required=5.0 tests=AWL,BAYES_50,RCVD_IN_DNSWL_LOW,SPF_HELO_PASS,SPF_PASS autolearn=ham version=3.3.2 spammy=voice, H*F:D*COM, Trade, SSD X-HELO: TheWorld.com Received: from pcls5.std.com (HELO TheWorld.com) (192.74.137.145) by sourceware.org (qpsmtpd/0.93/v0.84-503-g423c35a) with ESMTP; Thu, 26 May 2016 22:05:11 +0000 Received: from pcls8.std.com (pcls8.std.com [192.74.137.148]) by TheWorld.com (8.14.5/8.14.5) with ESMTP id u4QM4Itm024340; Thu, 26 May 2016 18:04:35 -0400 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Message-ID: <22343.29371.145881.606587@pcls8.std.com> Date: Fri, 27 May 2016 06:25:00 -0000 From: bzs@THEWORLD.COM To: cygwin@cygwin.com Subject: Extreme Slowness of cygwin commands [SOLVED?] X-IsSubscribed: yes X-SW-Source: 2016-05/txt/msg00341.txt.bz2 (Windows 7 pro, laptop, SSD, 2.5.1(0.297/5/3)) A few weeks ago I reported extreme slowness in cygwin process activation after a fresh install. For example something relatively simple like 'ls' or even 'pwd' would take 15+ seconds to start. There was no other significant activity on the system and commands from a command shell or windows power shell started with normal speed. It just happened again. Rapport Trusteer Endpoint Protection was running. It's an IBM product and various banks are beginning to require this is running before they will let you log in to your account. Typically if you're not running it when you try to login you'll be stopped with a "download and install (Trusteer) now" pop-up from the bank site, it's not something you buy or similar. I found and clicked their Stop Trusteer Endpoint Protection via the Start menu. For some reason beyond my comprehension they require you enter a captcha but ok no big deal. A popup telling you they are stopping it lingers for a couple of minutes. When that popup disappears I went into Task Manager as Administrator, located Rapport Management Service (something close to that, only Rapport thing running) and did a right-click end-process. Slowness immediately disappeared. I can't say for certain it's related, maybe some other process let go of something while I was fiddling, but this is the second time this has worked. Perhaps someone with more time than I have can try installing Trusteer, I believe anyone can get it here: https://www.trusteer.com/en/support/rapport-windows-start-menu and reproduce this: Slowing down cygwin a lot while not interfering with other windows activities and perhaps figure out why. Unfortunately the interference seems intermittant. It was running for at least a week before this incident and I hadn't noticed any slowdown until just now. I do type into a cygwin window probably a few times per hour when working. Perhaps someone at IBM could take an interest but likely they'd want more analysis. At any rate that's the workaround: Stop Trusteer, see if it helps. Security: Because you have nothing better to do with your time! -- -Barry Shein Software Tool & Die | bzs@TheWorld.com | http://www.TheWorld.com Purveyors to the Trade | Voice: +1 617-STD-WRLD | 800-THE-WRLD The World: Since 1989 | A Public Information Utility | *oo* -- 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