On 11/4/2011 4:28 PM, J.V. wrote: > I have Windows XP Pro x32 in a VM with the latest version of cygwin > installed. > > When I open a cygwin bash shell, and type '$ls' it just sits there forever. > > Any other command I type is freakishly slow. How do I get this to run > faster under a vm environment. > > I am not sure why it is taking so long to do a simple ls or mkdir or any > other command. > > Even if I $vi a file it takes a while seriously cutting into the > productivity gains that cygwin on the host environment provides.
I use Cygwin in a (VMware Player) VM with XP all the time and it's not like you describe at all. I think the main Cygwin developers also use VMs (at least from time to time), so there's nothing intrinsic to running in a VM that causes the performance you describe. I can't say for sure what your problem is, but I'd start by checking your PATH for any directories on a remote machine (including any "host" directories provided by your VM software). Or, perhaps simply try $ PATH /bin /bin/ls and see if your problem goes away. If none of that works, follow the directions here: http://cygwin.com/problems.html > Is there a commercial version of cygwin or the likes that I can lay down > cash for to go fast under a VM environment? No. -- David Rothenberger ---- daver...@acm.org Every cloud engenders not a storm. -- William Shakespeare, "Henry VI" -- 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
