Larry Hall wrote:
David Selby wrote:
Hello,
OK newbe cygwin user here, have read manual + faq ... so not just lept in with a question !
I have a 700MHz PIII 256MB, I have installed cygwin on 98SE.
When running it can seem a little slow, ie "man man" takes 2-3 seconds, vim screen ripples as I scroll up.
In the FAQ it states that upgrades can have speed problems, This is a new install.
Is it a case of cygwin is just another process as far as 98SE is concerned & so only gets a slice of CPU time ? In which case AOK, no probs I can live with it. Or is there something I need to tweak ?
Yes, cygwin proggies are just other processes, just like Windows proggies. Don't know why knowing that would make you feel better about the perceived performance problem. But there you are. :-)
I'd suggest reviewing the text at <http://cygwin.com/problems.html>.
Win 9x/Me console output is slow and inefficient, though I think what you describe is extreme (don't know for sure since I don't use 9x/Me). It may be a configuration issue. One way to narrow things down would be to try rxvt instead of the console Window. Many on Win9x/Me use this to avoid the console shortcomings. Some use it on NT/W2K/XP too. ;-) See:
Is there a better alternative to the standard console window?
<http://cygwin.com/faq/faq_toc.html#TOC66>
Many thanks for getting back to me. I was unsure if it was a config problem just for me or a general thing. My guess is it cant realy be that slow, how would it run X ? (If this is a dumb statement bourne of ignorance of cygwin, forgive me!)
Anyhow I will try your suggestion and try rxvt, Thanks once again Dave
Right. vim works great here on the console, but I'm running W2K.
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