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Date: Thu, 17 Mar 2005 18:30:03 -0800
From: David Rothenberger <daveroth AT acm DOT org>
Subject: Re: Cygwin 1.5.13 Vs. SETI AT Home on Windows XP
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On 3/17/2005 6:20 PM, John Whitlock wrote:
> I was having the same problem as Patrick Graebal (see Bash hangs, CTRL-C
> required).  The cygwin shell was very slow to start, and executing
> "bash --login -i -x" showed that the time consuming programs were the same
> (id -un, uname -s, etc.).  I also tried reinstalling base packages, a
> complete reinstall, etc.  On a whim, I shut down SETI AT Home, and things were
> back to normal speed.

I believe you're experiencing the same problem discussed in 
<http://www.cygwin.com/ml/cygwin/2005-03/msg00159.html>.

Summary: Try a snapshot.

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