Re: cygwin bash and DOS cmd extremely sluggish.

2009-10-03 Thread Dave Korn
Frank Kim wrote: > Thanks Dave. That'll be helpful for all those ThinkPad users out > there. Strange thing is I never had this problem before. Not sure > what series of events caused IPS Core Service to start acting funky. Something probably auto-updated itself, either in the ipssvc itself,

Re: cygwin bash and DOS cmd extremely sluggish.

2009-10-03 Thread Frank Kim
On Sat, Oct 3, 2009 at 6:19 AM, Dave Korn wrote: > Frank Kim wrote: > >> Another Google search today ("windows cmd slow") found the problem.  I >> should have been searching for that instead of for Cygwin.  Anyway it >> turns out to be a problem specific to Lenovo.  Disabling the IPS Core >> Servi

Re: cygwin bash and DOS cmd extremely sluggish.

2009-10-03 Thread Dave Korn
Frank Kim wrote: > Another Google search today ("windows cmd slow") found the problem. I > should have been searching for that instead of for Cygwin. Anyway it > turns out to be a problem specific to Lenovo. Disabling the IPS Core > Service magically solves the problem. > > That search led to

Re: cygwin bash and DOS cmd extremely sluggish.

2009-10-03 Thread Dave Korn
Frank Kim wrote: > I then noticed that the DOS cmd window is also very sluggish. > I am running on a ThinkPad T60p w/ Symantec Anti-Virus, Sonic DLA, > Google Desktop, etc. Two BLODA-related WAGs here: - If you have sonic DLA installed, it's vital that you do *not* disable the component that

Re: cygwin bash and DOS cmd extremely sluggish.

2009-10-03 Thread Frank Kim
I wasn't blaming Cygwin. :-) I was just hoping the astute people on this list could help me with this problem. Another Google search today ("windows cmd slow") found the problem. I should have been searching for that instead of for Cygwin. Anyway it turns out to be a problem specific to Lenovo.

Re: cygwin bash and DOS cmd extremely sluggish.

2009-10-03 Thread Thorsten Kampe
* Nicholas Sherlock (Sat, 03 Oct 2009 16:59:53 +1300) > > Frank Kim wrote: > > I then noticed that the DOS cmd window is also very sluggish. > > How could Cygwin be to blame for the DOS cmd window being sluggish? Was anyone blaming Cygwin for the "DOS" command console being sluggish? Thorsten

Re: cygwin bash and DOS cmd extremely sluggish.

2009-10-02 Thread Nicholas Sherlock
Frank Kim wrote: I then noticed that the DOS cmd window is also very sluggish. How could Cygwin be to blame for the DOS cmd window being sluggish? Cheers, Nicholas Sherlock -- Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/ Documentation:

Re: cygwin bash and DOS cmd extremely sluggish.

2009-10-02 Thread Frank Kim
Thanks for the pointer. However it seems strange that I'm having this problem now since I didn't have it before when I first installed Cygwin and I was using it for awhile. I only noticed the problem when I switched drive letters though I'm not sure if that's the reason. -- Thanks, Frank On Fri,

Re: cygwin bash and DOS cmd extremely sluggish.

2009-10-02 Thread Thorsten Kampe
* Frank Kim (Fri, 2 Oct 2009 07:11:00 -0700) > > For some reason my Cygwin bash is very sluggish. Whenever I type it > takes awhile for it to respond. There is no load on the system and > when I type in Word or another program it seems fine. > > I reinstalled Cygwin but this didn't seem to fix

cygwin bash and DOS cmd extremely sluggish.

2009-10-02 Thread Frank Kim
For some reason my Cygwin bash is very sluggish. Whenever I type it takes awhile for it to respond. There is no load on the system and when I type in Word or another program it seems fine. I reinstalled Cygwin but this didn't seem to fix the problem. I then noticed that the DOS cmd window is al