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Date: Sun, 03 Oct 2010 20:50:07 -0400
From: "Larry Hall \(Cygwin\)" <reply-to-list-only-lh AT cygwin DOT com>
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Subject: Re: Slowdown after update on Win32 (XP Home)
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On 10/1/2010 8:08 PM, Michael Ludwig wrote:
> Larry Hall (Cygwin) schrieb am 30.09.2010 um 20:38 (-0400):
>> On 9/30/2010 7:19 PM, Michael Ludwig wrote:
>>> I'm seeing a painfully noticeable slowdown on my system. I must have
>>> contracted this slowdown last week. My Cygwin is up to date as of
>>> now, October 1st, 01:00 CET
>>>
>>> Starting a MinTTY (or rxvt, for that matter) from the icon I've
>>> placed in the start menu does not take the usual two or three
>>> seconds, but may take as much as a whole minute. During this startup
>>> attempt phase, I can see various bash processes with different PIDs
>>> bubbling to the top in taskmgr. I've seen up to three of them at the
>>> same time when my MinTTY was trying to start as the first Cygwin
>>> process, so there should have been no other bash processes around.
>>>
>>> This is Win32, XP Home SP3.
>
>> Could you provide the information requested by the problem reporting
>> guidelines:<http://cygwin.com/problems.html>
>
> Attached.
>
>> 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.  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.

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A: Yes.
> Q: Are you sure?
>> A: Because it reverses the logical flow of conversation.
>>> Q: Why is top posting annoying in email?

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