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RE: Slow performance following upgrade
- From: "Dave Korn" <dave dot korn at artimi dot com>
- To: <cygwin at cygwin dot com>
- Date: Fri, 23 Mar 2007 14:52:12 -0000
- Subject: RE: Slow performance following upgrade
- References: <20070323063821.19925.qmail@nox.cx>
On 23 March 2007 06:38, Zak Johnson wrote:
> I recently installed Cygwin (1.5.24(0.156/4/2)) on a new (dual-core)
> machine, and am seeing much slower performance than a February install
> of Cygwin on an older machine (no longer available for comparison, I'm
> afraid).
>
> I suspect it is a problem with disk IO, mostly because it is more
> noticable in software that does more file access. In particular, I see
> readv and writev getting errno 2 (ENOENT) frequently. For example:
>
> $ PAGER=cat strace man man | grep 'errno 2' | wc -l
> 422
Do you have any of the following installed?
- Sonic Solutions burning software containing DLA component (dlactrlw.exe)
- Norton/MacAffee/Symantec antivirus or antispyware
- Logitech webcam software with "Logitech process monitor" service
- Kerio, Agnitum or ZoneAlarm Personal Firewall
- Iolo System Mechanic/AntiVirus/Firewall
- LanDesk
- Windows Defender
?
cheers,
DaveK
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