X-Recipient: archive-cygwin AT delorie DOT com DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=sourceware.org; h=list-id :list-unsubscribe:list-subscribe:list-archive:list-post :list-help:sender:from:to:subject:date:message-id:references :in-reply-to:content-type:content-transfer-encoding :mime-version; q=dns; s=default; b=XSew7rm14W/XApoVozDiE5cunVo2y wNX6IDjgNgwnnQNVOVR/FTylJS/N8Tgh8SVdwmjauiI1grrsILLtmYiHvBdxYDge yG3JILDh7LZuqtw5ug+Igkzf8heG3G6Bl0TclK4sS/KqPOJFv9sGSDteB3Gm7H57 xxdt33dtbf0ocM= DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha1; c=relaxed; d=sourceware.org; h=list-id :list-unsubscribe:list-subscribe:list-archive:list-post :list-help:sender:from:to:subject:date:message-id:references :in-reply-to:content-type:content-transfer-encoding :mime-version; s=default; bh=0O63mu4EvQ7jo4lFOuIkVjc8NPQ=; b=py+ lkMocmZ1FMn/sD9xEPDiiWiKl5ytzcwBsu5iupQGZc6VszjJb5wXAnsym8Khzk18 2hqGS3W7EGRdor9vp9xSGrc5LnbfirmmvkTECxmkwjZUl1XN62A6KPtRNfgCb/Xz vRxNv+lE9iIMAPd0XCJq4x+d+9uPVYpsw56Ni82w= Mailing-List: contact cygwin-help AT cygwin DOT com; run by ezmlm List-Id: 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 Authentication-Results: sourceware.org; auth=none X-Virus-Found: No X-Spam-SWARE-Status: No, score=-1.6 required=5.0 tests=AWL,BAYES_00,SPF_PASS,T_RP_MATCHES_RCVD autolearn=ham version=3.3.2 X-HELO: rcdn-iport-2.cisco.com X-IronPort-Anti-Spam-Filtered: true X-IronPort-Anti-Spam-Result: A0BZBQD3dORU/4QNJK1bgwZSWgTAKYImhXUCgR5DAQEBAQEBfIQMAQEBAwE6TwIBCBMPFBAyFwENAgQbiB8I0VsBAQEBAQEBAQEBAQEBAQEBAQEBGYsPhD04gxaBFAWPQ4NZhnyDD4Y+hG6DPiKBfwMFF4FQbwGBQ38BAQE From: "Dennis Hagarty (dehagart)" To: "cygwin AT cygwin DOT com" Subject: RE: Very slow Cygwin startup on Windows 7 Date: Wed, 18 Feb 2015 11:19:35 +0000 Message-ID: <3FEEC3A37A0B0A48AA326075128C32EE4EE26D98@xmb-rcd-x01.cisco.com> References: <3FEEC3A37A0B0A48AA326075128C32EE4DC9F0E8 AT xmb-rcd-x01 DOT cisco DOT com> <87mw4nugdx DOT fsf AT Rainer DOT invalid> <3FEEC3A37A0B0A48AA326075128C32EE4DC9F137 AT xmb-rcd-x01 DOT cisco DOT com> <869208266 DOT 20150210030528 AT yandex DOT ru> <3FEEC3A37A0B0A48AA326075128C32EE4EE263B8 AT xmb-rcd-x01 DOT cisco DOT com> <435476431 DOT 20150217135513 AT yandex DOT ru> <3FEEC3A37A0B0A48AA326075128C32EE4EE266FE AT xmb-rcd-x01 DOT cisco DOT com> <455098417 DOT 20150218134327 AT yandex DOT ru> In-Reply-To: <455098417.20150218134327@yandex.ru> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" MIME-Version: 1.0 X-IsSubscribed: yes Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-MIME-Autoconverted: from quoted-printable to 8bit by delorie.com id t1IBJpYx022020 >>>Could you please do me a favor and repeat the test with a little deviation of >>>my previous suggestion? >>>1. Remove /etc/{nsswitch.conf,passwd,group} files. (Rename, move away - by >>>your choice.) >>>2. Stop cygserver, if it is running, and any other Cygwin-related programs. >>>3. Start the mintty (elevated, if need) with write access to /etc. Supposedly, >>>this will be slow. >>>4. Make sure id -G lists all the groups you're member of. >>>The `id -znG | tr "\0" "\n"` would probably be more visible. >>>5. Repeat the steps from previous suggestion. >>> getent passwd $(id -u) > /etc/passwd >>> getent group $(id -G) > /etc/group >>> printf "%s\n" "passwd: files db" "group: files db" > /etc/nsswitch.conf >>> 6. Close and restart mintty >> After I'd run the id -znG, it found 87 groups. >> Then I did this (even with cygserver running) >> ~ getent passwd $(id -u) > /etc/passwd >> ~ getent group $(id -G) > /etc/group >> 0 [main] getent 48156 transport_layer_pipes::connect: lost connection to cygserver, error = 2 >That prompts to repeat the previous question from Corinna: are you by chance >remote from your DC? (VPN connection?) Yes - although it's pretty quick link (and not the other side of the world). Seems to be a node called \\ADC-AER1-C1-2 Pinging adc-aer1-c1-2.cisco.com [173.xx.xxx.xxx] with 32 bytes of data: Reply from 173.38.200.156: bytes=32 time=36ms TTL=124 Reply from 173.38.200.156: bytes=32 time=44ms TTL=124 Reply from 173.38.200.156: bytes=32 time=37ms TTL=124 Reply from 173.38.200.156: bytes=32 time=56ms TTL=124 >> ~ wc -l /etc/group >> 58 /etc/group > >> Since it seems like cygserver stopped, it took a while to complete. >> Anyway, with cygserver stopped, I ran the getent again elevated and got 83. >> ~ wc -l /etc/group >> 83 /etc/group > >83 vs. 87, still not the right number. > >> Not really sure how many groups I'm a member of (in another tool), but seems about right. >Anyway, how was the results after these manipulations? Performance now is good - as long as the cygserver is running. With: >cmd /v:on /c "echo !TIME! & C:\cygwin64\bin\mintty.exe /bin/echo "test" & echo !TIME!" 12:13:43.53 12:13:43.65 = 0:00.12 Without: C:\Users\dehagart>cmd /v:on /c "echo !TIME! & C:\cygwin64\bin\mintty.exe /bin/echo "test" & echo !TIME!" 12:14:36.28 12:16:24.85 = 1:48.57 Regards Dennis -- 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