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Subject: Re: this really sucks - 37 seconds to do /usr/bin/ls
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> On 16/09/2011 7.46, J.V. wrote:
>> I install the latest cygwin on Windows XP Pro x32 on a VM under the
>> latest version of VirtualBox.
>>
>> When I do anything it takes a long time. 


jvsrvcs wrote:
> 
> OK , I was wrong.  I removed bash completion / git completion and on a 
> Virtual Box VM (windows xp pro x32 with cygwin installed)
> 
> /usr/bin/ls and most other commands take more than 30 seconds to complete.
> The box is a quad core with 8GB ram and no other VM is running (host OS 
> is win 7 and cygwin runs blazingly fast).
> 
> I did not have this problem under Windows Virtual PC.  there must be 
> something I installed with the latest cygwin that is doing this.
> 
> /usr/bin/ls takes more than 36 seconds.
> 
> When I vi a file, I have to go take a break and come back for it to be 
> open in the editor.
> 
> any ideas?
> 

What about the timing and output of 
strace  bash --noprofile -norc -c /bin/echo 


Thread
http://old.nabble.com/Cygwin-too-slow-while-installing-and-working-to32453954.html
might be related.

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