X-Recipient: archive-cygwin AT delorie DOT com X-Spam-Check-By: sourceware.org Date: Tue, 8 Nov 2011 10:32:18 +0100 From: Corinna Vinschen To: cygwin AT cygwin DOT com Subject: Re: FAQ 4.2 Why is Cygwin suddenly so slow? (was Re: cygwin very slow under virtual box (productivity hit)) Message-ID: <20111108093218.GA15154@calimero.vinschen.de> Reply-To: cygwin AT cygwin DOT com Mail-Followup-To: cygwin AT cygwin DOT com References: <4EB47513 DOT 2050105 AT gmail DOT com> <4EB86628 DOT 8030805 AT laposte DOT net> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit In-Reply-To: <4EB86628.8030805@laposte.net> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.21 (2010-09-15) Mailing-List: contact cygwin-help AT cygwin DOT com; run by ezmlm Precedence: bulk List-Id: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: , Sender: cygwin-owner AT cygwin DOT com Mail-Followup-To: cygwin AT cygwin DOT com Delivered-To: mailing list cygwin AT cygwin DOT com On Nov 8 00:13, Cyrille Lefevre wrote: > Le 05/11/2011 00:28, J.V. a écrit : > >I have Windows XP Pro x32 in a VM with the latest version of cygwin > >installed. > > > >When I open a cygwin bash shell, and type '$ls' it just sits there forever. > > as usual, plz, remove bash-completion... > > >FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/ > > cygwin.com/faq/faq-nochunks.html#faq.using.slow > > also, plz, could you complete the FAQ about that, thanks in advance. > > something like : > > alternative, remove the bash-completion package if any. Wouldn't it make more sense to find out what part of the bash-completion package is the usual culprit and to disable or change this part in a bash-completion package update? Corinna -- Corinna Vinschen Please, send mails regarding Cygwin to Cygwin Project Co-Leader cygwin AT cygwin DOT com Red Hat -- 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