On 23 July 2010 02:53, David Antliff wrote: >> OK then the easiest thing to do is add "set -x" to your ~/.bash_profile >> and watch where the delay happens as the statements scroll by. > > Ah, that's useful - I also have a 10-second-or-so delay when mintty > starts. By using a bunch of 'echo' commands and that set -x (which of > course extends the time, but at least makes it clear if anything is > 'hanging') it's clear to me that the majority of the delay (about 6 > seconds) happens before .bash_profile executes.
Try the same with /etc/profile as well, after first backing it up. Scripts in /etc/profile.d might be involved too. Andy -- Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/ Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple