2009/8/12: > I have been using for long time cygwin on WinXP Prof 32bit and the > terminal I always use is the rxvt. Everything has always worked properly. > Now I will get a new PC and I am thinking to switch to windows 7 64bit > (the official release just released some days ago), so I am doing some > tests because the not-correct-functionality of cygwin and rxvt would be a > no-go for it. > > Up to now almost everything seem to work. The only problem that I have is: > > * I start one rxvt console --> fast startup, I get fast the prompt, > everything nice. > * I keep that console open and I start another rxvt console --> the rxvt > window pops up, but until I get the prompt it stays in a "loading/not > responding" state for 5 to 8 seconds. Then once I get the prompt > everything works fine > * same thing with every rxvt console I open afterward (without closing the > previous ones). > * I close all of them, I start again the procedure --> same result: the > first is fast all other are slow.
I had the same issue with mintty, and it was the creation of a utmp entry that did it (which is why that's off by default now). Try invoking rxvt with -ut. (Or possibly +ut; I'm not quite sure which way round the switch goes.) 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
