Bug 262415

Summary:	filewatch consumes 100% cpu power at startup of kde.
Product:	[Unmaintained] plasma4	Reporter:	e3k <erik.dobak>
Component:	widget-filewatcher	Assignee:	Plasma Bugs List <plasma-bugs>
Status:	RESOLVED DUPLICATE
Severity:	normal	CC:	rshah0385
Priority:	NOR
Version:	unspecified
Target Milestone:	---
Platform:	Gentoo Packages
OS:	Linux
Latest Commit:		Version Fixed In:
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Description e3k 2011-01-07 15:10:01 UTC

Version:           unspecified (using KDE 4.5.4) 
OS:                Linux

i am watching the file /var/log/messages which is now 35MB big.

the startup takes after login ~25-35 sec. when the widget is removed its about 5 sec.

file watch is obviously reading the whole file instead of doing something like tail.



Reproducible: Always

Steps to Reproduce:
watch a big file and restart your pc. after login press ctrl-alt-F1 and check what is consuming your CPU.

Actual Results:  
slow startup of kde.

Expected Results:  
quicker start.

Comment 1 Reza 2011-12-13 11:50:26 UTC


*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of bug 256187 ***