X-Recipient: archive-cygwin@delorie.com X-SWARE-Spam-Status: No, hits=3.1 required=5.0 tests=AWL,BAYES_00,BOTNET,RCVD_IN_DNSWL_NONE,TW_YG X-Spam-Check-By: sourceware.org Message-id: <4C238546.2000108@cygwin.com> Date: Thu, 24 Jun 2010 12:18:14 -0400 From: "Larry Hall (Cygwin)" Reply-to: cygwin@cygwin.com User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; Linux i686; en-US; rv:1.8.1.21) Gecko/20090320 Remi/2.0.0.21-1.fc8.remi Lightning/0.9 Thunderbird/2.0.0.21 Mnenhy/0.7.5.0 MIME-version: 1.0 To: cygwin@cygwin.com Subject: Re: ls and completion very slow in root dir of a windows drive References: <20100623101819.6520@gmx.net> <4C220E95.8020704@cygwin.com> <20100624081815.251510@gmx.net> In-reply-to: <20100624081815.251510@gmx.net> Content-type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed Content-transfer-encoding: 7bit Mailing-List: contact cygwin-help@cygwin.com; run by ezmlm List-Id: List-Subscribe: List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: , Sender: cygwin-owner@cygwin.com Mail-Followup-To: cygwin@cygwin.com Delivered-To: mailing list cygwin@cygwin.com On 6/24/2010 4:18 AM, Simon Brandner wrote: > > On Wed, 23 Jun 2010 11:29, Larry Hall wrote: >> I don't believe we've seem your cygcheck output as requested by >> . > > The cygcheck is attached now. Problem still exists. > > ( During running cygcheck there appeared 2 error messages: > $ cygcheck -s -v -r> cygcheck.out > cygcheck: dump_sysinfo: GetVolumeInformation() for drive J: failed: 5 > cygcheck: dump_sysinfo: GetVolumeInformation() for drive Z: failed: 53 > J: is some special drive, for software installations. I cannot access it. > Z: is a network mount, the target pc was turned off ) Thanks. A quick look turned up this: o Your '/etc/passwd' (and probably '/etc/group') need to be regenerated. My guess is that '/etc/postinstall/passwd-grp.sh' didn't run (or run properly). You should try re-running it. This is probably not the source of the problem but it's something you should look into anyway. It's worth checking "/var/log/setup*" for any complaints as well, in case this all come back to an installation issue. My best guess? Could be . -- Larry Hall http://www.rfk.com RFK Partners, Inc. (508) 893-9779 - RFK Office 216 Dalton Rd. (508) 893-9889 - FAX Holliston, MA 01746 _____________________________________________________________________ A: Yes. > Q: Are you sure? >> A: Because it reverses the logical flow of conversation. >>> Q: Why is top posting annoying in email? -- 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