From e85b7fbb6acdaa3ee8da7e63f812b9a01ee4afdc Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: mintty Date: Fri, 17 Apr 2020 13:05:55 +0200 Subject: [PATCH] add note about Windows Defender settings (#239) --- README.md | 13 +++++++++++-- 1 file changed, 11 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/README.md b/README.md index c2fa4ad..7d725a2 100644 --- a/README.md +++ b/README.md @@ -90,6 +90,14 @@ is discouraged because that would bypass essential options. Terminal communication with WSL via its modes V1 or V2 is handled automatically by wsltty (mintty and the wslbridge2 gateway). +#### Starting issues #### + +If wsltty fails with an +`Error: Could not fork child process: Resource temporarily unavailable`..., +its runtime may be affected by some over-ambitious virus defense strategy. +For example, with Windows Defender, option “Force randomization for images” +should be disabled. + --- ### Configuration ### @@ -158,10 +166,11 @@ Mintty can maintain its configuration file in various locations, with the following precedence: * file given with mintty option `-c` (not used by wsltty default installation) * file `config` in directory given with mintty option `--configdir` - * This is `%APPDATA%\wsltty\config` in the default wsltty installation. + * **`%APPDATA%\wsltty\config`** in the default wsltty installation * `%HOME%\.minttyrc` (usage deprecated with wsltty) * `%HOME%\.config\mintty\config` (usage deprecated with wsltty) -* `%APPDATA%\mintty\config` +* common config file for all mintty installation instances + * **`%APPDATA%\mintty\config`** * `%LOCALAPPDATA%\wsltty\etc\minttyrc` (usage deprecated with wsltty) Note: