Kde2/cygwin awfully slow on Windows XP

Corey McGuire kde-cygwin@mail.kde.org
Tue, 28 Jan 2003 11:32:59 -0800


check to see if you have a shared resource (drive mapping) in your cygwin
path

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On 1/28/03 at 8:22 PM Dan Friedemann wrote:

>Hi all
>
>I have a similar problem (which occured after my employer switched my PC
>from
>pure W2K to W2k/Novell).  It seems that the machine searches the network
>within
>Cygwin.  The problem improves significantly if I pull the ethernet plug
and
>comes back
>when connected via modem.  I had no problems prior to the installation of
>the Novell client.
>
>So this is an interesten thread for me to follow.
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: kde-cygwin-admin@mail.kde.org
>[mailto:kde-cygwin-admin@mail.kde.org]On Behalf Of Corey McGuire
>Sent: 28. januar 2003 20:02
>To: kde-cygwin@mail.kde.org
>Subject: RE: Kde2/cygwin awfully slow on Windows XP
>
>
>Try running Konq from x
>
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>On 1/27/03 at 9:42 PM Cary Wagner wrote:
>
>>Corey,
>>
>>I did as you suggested, but when I try to run Xwindows my system just
>>crawls.  I went so far as to completely shut down my McAfee, as I can
>never
>>tell what the heck it is doing (it's a company standard thing).  I have
>>done
>>the exact same installation on two different machines, yet my other
>machine
>>doesn't seem to have the same problem.  Other than I cannot seem to get
>KDE
>>to run properly, but at least X comes up and runs fine....
>>
>>Any other suggestions.....  Thanks!
>>
>>
>>Cary
>>
>>-----Original Message-----
>>From: Corey McGuire [mailto:coreyfro@shargaas.coreyfro.com]
>>Sent: Monday, January 27, 2003 21:33
>>To: kde-cygwin@mail.kde.org
>>Subject: Re: Kde2/cygwin awfully slow on Windows XP
>>
>>
>>Awsome!!! I am glad I could help!
>>
>>Yeah, I can blue screen an NT4 system by piping the right programs
>together
>>(win32 command line, not just cygwin) when virus scan is enabled...
>>
>>I don't know what it is doing, I don't know how Unix works at the low
>>level,
>>though I can wager guess... I just know that Unix uses simple commands
and
>>strings them together to perform complex functions, and windows apps,
like
>>virus scanners, were made for the world of monolithic programs... virus
>>scanners like to watch active programs, and the Unix world bombards the
>>poor
>>scanners with lots of them...
>>
>>That's my layman observation...
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>>On 1/27/2003 at 11:05 PM Bob Tanner wrote:
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>>>On Monday 27 January 2003 01:48 pm, Corey McGuire wrote:
>>>> I had to exclude cygwin from my "on access scan" for my virus
>>>> scanner...
>>>>
>>>> virus scanners hate the way "*NIX" works.  Dozens of executable tied
>>>> together with pipes, sockets, shoestrings, what have you.  Even the
>>>> most pedestrian use of Cygwin, especially when using X, will have
>>>> your virus scanner going in circles.
>>>>
>>>> Take a look at your taskman and see if what I said is true with you.
>>>
>>>Wow! This should be an FAQ! This fixed my doggy cygwin stuff too. Since
>>>I only use cygwin as a compile platform I just assumed XP was slow :-)
>>>
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