I had the same problem and something wigged out my shell and it was taking forever to run anything. I modified my /etc/profile and that problem went away (I think it was a cygdrive issue), but never looked to hard into the CTRL-C problem b/c other things came up. ;-)
-tim Cygwin Win95/NT Configuration Diagnostics Current System Time: Sun Jan 20 16:42:53 2002 Windows 98 SE Ver 4.10 Build 2222 Path: d:\cygwin\usr\local\bin d:\cygwin\bin d:\cygwin\bin d:\apps\BMRT2.6\bin c:\WINDOWS c:\WINDOWS\COMMAND c:\PROGRAM FILES\MTS c:\MSSQL\BINN c:\PROGRA~1\GRISOFT\AVG6 SysDir: C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM WinDir: C:\WINDOWS HOME = `d:\cygwin\home\tbynum' MAKE_MODE = `unix' PWD = `/home/tbynum' USER = `tbynum' BLASTER = `A220 I7 D1 T2 ' BMRTHOME = `d:/apps/BMRT2.6/' CI_HOLOS_CLI = `c:\program files\seagate software\open olap' CMDLINE = `bash --login -i' COMSPEC = `C:\WINDOWS\COMMAND.COM' MANPATH = `:/usr/ssl/man' OLDPWD = `/usr/bin' PROMPT = `$p$g' PS1 = `\[\033]0;\w\007 \033[32m\]\u@\h \[\033[33m\w\033[0m\] $ ' SHADERS = `d:/apps/BMRT2.6/shaders' SHLVL = `1' SNDSCAPE = `C:\WINDOWS' TEMP = `c:\WINDOWS\TEMP' TERM = `linux' WINBOOTDIR = `C:\WINDOWS' WINDIR = `C:\WINDOWS' _ = `/usr/bin/cygcheck' HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\MenuOrd er\Start Menu\&Programs\Cygnus Solutions (default) = (unsupported type) HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Cygnus Solutions HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Cygnus Solutions\Cygwin HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Cygnus Solutions\Cygwin\mounts v2 (default) = `/cygdrive' cygdrive flags = 0x00000022 HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Cygnus Solutions\Cygwin\Program Options HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Cygnus Solutions HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Cygnus Solutions\Cygwin HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Cygnus Solutions\Cygwin\mounts v2 HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Cygnus Solutions\Cygwin\mounts v2\/ (default) = `d:/cygwin' flags = 0x0000000a HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Cygnus Solutions\Cygwin\mounts v2\/usr/bin (default) = `d:/cygwin/bin' flags = 0x0000000a HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Cygnus Solutions\Cygwin\mounts v2\/usr/lib (default) = `d:/cygwin/lib' flags = 0x0000000a HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Cygnus Solutions\Cygwin\Program Options a: fd N/A N/A c: hd FAT32 7993Mb 46% CP UN d: hd FAT32 14293Mb 31% CP UN e: cd UDF1.50 572Mb 3% CP UN InCD-CDRW f: cd N/A N/A . /cygdrive user binmode,noumount d:/cygwin / system binmode d:/cygwin/bin /usr/bin system binmode d:/cygwin/lib /usr/lib system binmode Found: d:\cygwin\bin\bash.exe Found: d:\cygwin\bin\cat.exe Found: d:\cygwin\bin\cpp.exe Found: d:\apps\BMRT2.6\bin\cpp.exe Warning: d:\cygwin\bin\cpp.exe hides d:\apps\BMRT2.6\bin\cpp.exe Found: d:\cygwin\bin\find.exe Found: c:\WINDOWS\COMMAND\find.exe Warning: d:\cygwin\bin\find.exe hides c:\WINDOWS\COMMAND\find.exe Found: d:\cygwin\bin\gcc.exe Found: d:\cygwin\bin\gdb.exe Found: d:\cygwin\bin\ld.exe Found: d:\cygwin\bin\ls.exe Found: d:\cygwin\bin\make.exe Found: d:\cygwin\bin\sh.exe 751k 2002/01/20 C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM\cygwin1.dll - os=4.0 img=1.0 sys=4.0 "cygwin1.dll" v0.0 ts=2002/1/19 12:20 Cygwin DLL version info: DLL version: 1.3.7 DLL epoch: 19 DLL bad signal mask: 19005 DLL old termios: 5 DLL malloc env: 28 API major: 0 API minor: 51 Shared data: 3 DLL identifier: cygwin1 Mount registry: 2 Cygnus registry name: Cygnus Solutions Cygwin registry name: Cygwin Program options name: Program Options Cygwin mount registry name: mounts v2 Cygdrive flags: cygdrive flags Cygdrive prefix: cygdrive prefix Cygdrive default prefix: Build date: Sat Jan 19 13:20:32 EST 2002 Shared id: cygwin1S3 56k 2000/12/03 d:\cygwin\bin\cygbz21.0.dll - os=4.0 img=1.0 sys=4.0 "cygbz21.0.dll" v0.0 ts=2000/11/20 17:53 81k 2000/12/05 d:\cygwin\bin\cygitcl30.dll - os=4.0 img=1.0 sys=4.0 "cygitcl30.dll" v0.0 ts=2000/11/25 19:43 35k 2000/12/05 d:\cygwin\bin\cygitk30.dll - os=4.0 img=1.0 sys=4.0 "cygitk30.dll" v0.0 ts=2000/11/25 19:43 390k 2000/12/05 d:\cygwin\bin\cygtcl80.dll - os=4.0 img=1.0 sys=4.0 "cygtcl80.dll" v0.0 ts=2000/11/25 19:39 5k 2000/12/05 d:\cygwin\bin\cygtclpip80.dll - os=4.0 img=1.0 sys=4.0 10k 2000/12/05 d:\cygwin\bin\cygtclreg80.dll - os=4.0 img=1.0 sys=4.0 "cygtclreg80.dll" v0.0 ts=2000/11/25 19:39 623k 2000/12/05 d:\cygwin\bin\cygtk80.dll - os=4.0 img=1.0 sys=4.0 "cygtk80.dll" v0.0 ts=2000/11/25 19:43 18k 2000/10/23 d:\cygwin\bin\cyggdbm.dll - os=4.0 img=1.0 sys=4.0 "cyggdbm.dll" v0.0 ts=2000/10/22 21:26 45k 2001/07/04 d:\cygwin\bin\cygjbig1.dll - os=4.0 img=1.0 sys=4.0 "cygjbig1.dll" v0.0 ts=2001/7/3 22:25 119k 2001/06/06 d:\cygwin\bin\cygjpeg6b.dll - os=4.0 img=1.0 sys=4.0 "cygjpeg6b.dll" v0.0 ts=2001/6/5 23:27 163k 2001/05/06 d:\cygwin\bin\cygpng2.dll - os=4.0 img=1.0 sys=4.0 "cygpng2.dll" v0.0 ts=2001/5/5 23:05 621k 2002/01/16 d:\cygwin\bin\cygcrypto.dll - os=4.0 img=1.0 sys=4.0 "cygcrypto.dll" v0.0 ts=2002/1/16 3:54 156k 2002/01/16 d:\cygwin\bin\cygssl.dll - os=4.0 img=1.0 sys=4.0 "cygssl.dll" v0.0 ts=2002/1/16 3:54 40k 2001/11/21 d:\cygwin\bin\cygpcre.dll - os=4.0 img=1.0 sys=4.0 "cygpcre.dll" v0.0 ts=2001/11/21 16:15 39k 2001/11/21 d:\cygwin\bin\cygpcreposix.dll - os=4.0 img=1.0 sys=4.0 "cygpcreposix.dll" v0.0 ts=2001/11/21 16:15 66k 2001/11/20 d:\cygwin\bin\cygregex.dll - os=4.0 img=1.0 sys=4.0 "cygregex.dll" v0.0 ts=2001/11/20 8:44 245k 2001/06/12 d:\cygwin\bin\cygtiff3.dll - os=4.0 img=1.0 sys=4.0 "cygtiff3.dll" v0.0 ts=2001/6/12 12:25 45k 2001/07/04 d:\cygwin\bin\cygXpm-X4.dll - os=4.0 img=1.0 sys=4.0 "cygXpm-X4.dll" v0.0 ts=2000/11/19 20:45 41k 2001/07/04 d:\cygwin\bin\cygXpm-noX4.dll - os=4.0 img=1.0 sys=4.0 "cygXpm-noX4.dll" v0.0 ts=2001/7/3 20:21 49k 2001/02/03 d:\cygwin\bin\cygz.dll - os=4.0 img=1.0 sys=4.0 "cygz.dll" v0.0 ts=2001/2/3 14:35 21k 2001/06/20 d:\cygwin\bin\cygintl.dll - os=4.0 img=1.0 sys=4.0 "cygintl.dll" v0.0 ts=2001/6/20 12:09 22k 2001/12/13 d:\cygwin\bin\cygintl-1.dll - os=4.0 img=1.0 sys=4.0 "cygintl-1.dll" v0.0 ts=2001/12/13 3:28 35k 2002/01/09 d:\cygwin\bin\cygform6.dll - os=4.0 img=1.0 sys=4.0 "cygform6.dll" v0.0 ts=2002/1/9 0:03 20k 2002/01/09 d:\cygwin\bin\cygmenu6.dll - os=4.0 img=1.0 sys=4.0 "cygmenu6.dll" v0.0 ts=2002/1/9 0:03 175k 2002/01/09 d:\cygwin\bin\cygncurses++6.dll - os=4.0 img=1.0 sys=4.0 "cygncurses++6.dll" v0.0 ts=2002/1/9 0:03 202k 2002/01/09 d:\cygwin\bin\cygncurses6.dll - os=4.0 img=1.0 sys=4.0 "cygncurses6.dll" v0.0 ts=2002/1/9 0:03 12k 2002/01/09 d:\cygwin\bin\cygpanel6.dll - os=4.0 img=1.0 sys=4.0 "cygpanel6.dll" v0.0 ts=2002/1/9 0:03 45k 2001/04/25 d:\cygwin\bin\cygform5.dll - os=4.0 img=1.0 sys=4.0 "cygform5.dll" v0.0 ts=2001/4/25 0:28 26k 2001/04/25 d:\cygwin\bin\cygmenu5.dll - os=4.0 img=1.0 sys=4.0 "cygmenu5.dll" v0.0 ts=2001/4/25 0:27 156k 2001/04/25 d:\cygwin\bin\cygncurses++5.dll - os=4.0 img=1.0 sys=4.0 "cygncurses++5.dll" v0.0 ts=2001/4/25 0:29 226k 2001/04/25 d:\cygwin\bin\cygncurses5.dll - os=4.0 img=1.0 sys=4.0 "cygncurses5.dll" v0.0 ts=2001/4/25 0:17 15k 2001/04/25 d:\cygwin\bin\cygpanel5.dll - os=4.0 img=1.0 sys=4.0 "cygpanel5.dll" v0.0 ts=2001/4/25 0:27 17k 2001/06/28 d:\cygwin\bin\cyghistory4.dll - os=4.0 img=1.0 sys=4.0 "cyghistory4.dll" v0.0 ts=2001/1/6 22:34 108k 2001/06/28 d:\cygwin\bin\cygreadline4.dll - os=4.0 img=1.0 sys=4.0 "cygreadline4.dll" v0.0 ts=2001/1/6 22:34 20k 2002/01/13 d:\cygwin\bin\cyghistory5.dll - os=4.0 img=1.0 sys=4.0 "cyghistory5.dll" v0.0 ts=2002/1/12 19:27 121k 2002/01/13 d:\cygwin\bin\cygreadline5.dll - os=4.0 img=1.0 sys=4.0 "cygreadline5.dll" v0.0 ts=2002/1/12 19:27 19k 2002/01/13 d:\cygwin\bin\cygltdl-3.dll - os=4.0 img=1.0 sys=4.0 "cygltdl-3.dll" v0.0 ts=2002/1/13 0:35 612k 2002/01/16 d:\cygwin\bin\cygxml2-2.dll - os=4.0 img=1.0 sys=4.0 "cygxml2-2.dll" v0.0 ts=2002/1/15 22:24 73k 2002/01/16 d:\cygwin\bin\cygexslt-0.dll - os=4.0 img=1.0 sys=4.0 "cygexslt-0.dll" v0.0 ts=2002/1/16 3:06 202k 2002/01/16 d:\cygwin\bin\cygxslt-1.dll - os=4.0 img=1.0 sys=4.0 "cygxslt-1.dll" v0.0 ts=2002/1/16 2:52 22k 2002/01/16 d:\cygwin\bin\cygxsltbreakpoint-1.dll - os=4.0 img=1.0 sys=4.0 "cygxsltbreakpoint-1.dll" v0.0 ts=2002/1/16 3:05 751k 2002/01/19 d:\cygwin\bin\cygwin1.dll - os=4.0 img=1.0 sys=4.0 "cygwin1.dll" v0.0 ts=2002/1/19 12:20 Cygwin DLL version info: DLL version: 1.3.7 DLL epoch: 19 DLL bad signal mask: 19005 DLL old termios: 5 DLL malloc env: 28 API major: 0 API minor: 51 Shared data: 3 DLL identifier: cygwin1 Mount registry: 2 Cygnus registry name: Cygnus Solutions Cygwin registry name: Cygwin Program options name: Program Options Cygwin mount registry name: mounts v2 Cygdrive flags: cygdrive flags Cygdrive prefix: cygdrive prefix Cygdrive default prefix: Build date: Sat Jan 19 13:20:32 EST 2002 Shared id: cygwin1S3 Cygwin Package Information Last downloaded files to: D:\Cygwin_Install Last downloaded files from: http://mirrors.rcn.net/pub/sourceware/cygwin Package Version ash 20011018-1 autoconf 2.52a-1 autoconf-devel 2.52-4 autoconf-stable 2.13-4 automake 1.5b-1 automake-devel 1.5-5 automake-stable 1.4p5-5 bash 2.05a-2 bc 1.06-1 binutils 20011002-1 bison 1.30-1 byacc 1.9-1 bzip2 1.0.1-6 cpio 2.4.2 cron 3.0.1-5 crypt 1.0-1 ctags 5.2-1 cvs 1.11.0-1 cygrunsrv 0.94-2 cygutils 0.9.7-1 cygwin 1.3.7-1 dejagnu 20010117-1 diff 0.0 ed 0.2-1 expect 20010117-1 figlet 2.2-1 file 3.37-1 fileutils 4.1-1 findutils 4.1 flex 2.5.4-1 gawk 3.0.4-1 gcc 2.95.3-5 gdb 20010428-3 gdbm 1.8.0-3 gettext 0.10.40-1 ghostscript 6.51-1 gperf 0.0 grep 2.4.2-1 groff 1.17.2-1 gzip 1.3.2-1 indent 2.2.7-2 inetutils 1.3.2-17 irc 20010101-1 jbigkit 1.2-4 jpeg 6b-4 less 358-3 libintl 0.10.38-3 libintl1 0.10.40-1 libncurses5 5.2-1 libncurses6 5.2-8 libpng 1.0.11-1 libreadline4 4.1-2 libreadline5 4.2a-1 libtool 20010531a-1 libtool-devel 20010531-6 libtool-stable 1.4.2-2 libxml2 2.4.13-1 libxslt 1.0.10-1 login 1.4-3 lynx 2.8.4-1 m4 0.0 make 3.79.1-5 man 1.5g-2 mingw 20010424-1 mktemp 1.4-1 mt 2.0.1-1 mutt 1.2.5i-6 nano 1.0.7-1 nano-src 1.0.7-1 ncftp 3.0.2-2 ncurses 5.2-8 newlib-man 20001118-1 opengl 1.1.0-5 openssh 3.0.2p1-4 openssl 0.9.6c-3 openssl-devel 0.9.6c-2 patch 2.5-2 pcre 3.7-1 perl 5.6.1-2 popt 1.6.2-1 postgresql 7.1.3-2 python 2.2-1 readline 4.2a-1 regex 4.4-2 robots 2.0-1 rsync 2.5.1-2 rxvt 2.7.2-6 sed 3.02-1 sh-utils 2.0-2 ssmtp 2.38.7-3 tar 1.13.19-1 tcltk 20001125-1 tcsh 6.11.00-3 termcap 20010825-1 terminfo 5.2-1 tetex-beta 20001218-1 texinfo 4.0-5 textutils 2.0.16-1 tiff 3.5.6beta-2 time 1.7-1 unzip 5.41-1 vim 6.0.93-1 w32api 1.2-1 wget 1.7.1-1 which 1.5-1 whois 4.5.17-1 xpm-nox 4.1.0-1 zip 2.3-1 zlib 1.1.3-6 Use -h to see help about each section --- Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. 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