RE: scp timeout on dual-core processor

["Steve Baldwin" <stbaldwin at multiservice dot com>]

> -----Original Message-----
> From: cygwin-owner@cygwin.com [mailto:cygwin-owner@cygwin.com] On Behalf
> Of Christopher Faylor
> Sent: Tuesday, 18 July 2006 5:33 AM
> To: cygwin@cygwin.com
> Subject: Re: scp timeout on dual-core processor
> 
> On Tue, Jul 18, 2006 at 05:06:07AM +1000, Steve Baldwin wrote:
> >> -----Original Message-----
> >> From: cygwin-owner@cygwin.com [mailto:cygwin-owner@cygwin.com] On
> Behalf
> >> Of Larry Hall (Cygwin)
> >> Sent: Tuesday, 18 July 2006 4:54 AM
> >> To: cygwin@cygwin.com
> >> Subject: Re: scp timeout on dual-core processor
> >>
> >> Kurt T Stam wrote:
> >> > I have the same exact problem as Steve:
> >> >
> >> > "I have a (what appears to be) similar problem also with a dual core
> >> >
> >> > (Centrino Duo) machine.  My problem manifests when I attempt to paste
> in
> >> an
> >> > X window (i.e. click the middle mouse button).  I immediately (100%
> >> > reproducible) get "Disconnecting: Timeout, server not responding.",
> and
> >> my
> >> > ssh session dies."
> >> >
> >> > I just got a new machine with a centrino duo, dual core processor...
> >> > Just another data point.. If there is anything I can do in terms of
> >> > diagnosis please let me know.
> >>
> >>
> >> Well according to <http://sourceware.org/ml/cygwin/2006-
> 05/msg00022.html>,
> >> Steve believes this has more to do with locally installed software than
> >> hardware.  Perhaps you can help him narrow down the software causing
> the
> >> trouble?  In the past, there have been problems with Dell machines of
> this
> >> configuration coming with Embasy software which was really gumming up
> the
> >> works.  Maybe you can investigate this avenue if you also have this
> >> software.
> >>
> >>
> >Just to confirm - removing the Embassy Trust Suite (the s/w that drives
> the
> >fingerprint reader) solved this exact problem for me (and several other
> >folk).
> 
> And, presumably you also chiselled out the second CPU from the surrounding
> epoxy, too.  Don't forget that crucial step.
> 
> This is a "dual core problem" after all...
> 
> cgf

Yep.  Nuked quite a few laptops in the process but got there in the end.

Steve



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