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Asked: 2026-06-07T00:42:41+00:00

I am running freebsd on virtualbox (with virtualbox-ose-additions installed in freebsd). the vim startup

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I am running freebsd on virtualbox (with virtualbox-ose-additions installed in freebsd).
the vim startup is very quick (instantaneous) in the vbox console window.
but when connected via putty from the host machine, the vim takes about 6-7 seconds to startup.
the connection from putty is via ssh authentication.
and the host to vbox connection is NAT+portforwarding.

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  1. Editorial Team

    This has happened to me when I had X11 Forwarding turned on in Putty but didn’t have an X Server running (always the case when using Putty from (I assume) Windows unless you’re running specific software like Cygwin or Xming to have a local X Server).

    Alternately, your shell startup scripts may set the DISPLAY environment variable improperly when you’re ssh’d in instead of using a console.

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