Bug 347324

Summary: Adding network monitor widget makes plasmashell hog CPU
Product: [Plasma] plasmashell Reporter: Lastique <andysem>
Component: generalAssignee: David Edmundson <kde>
Status: RESOLVED DUPLICATE    
Severity: normal CC: bhush94, plasma-bugs
Priority: NOR    
Version: 5.3.0   
Target Milestone: 1.0   
Platform: Other   
OS: Linux   
Latest Commit: Version Fixed In:
Sentry Crash Report:

Description Lastique 2015-05-06 16:13:18 UTC 
Adding a "Network Monitor" widget to a panel results in a constant high CPU usage by the plasmashell process.

Reproducible: Always

Steps to Reproduce:
1. Add a "Network Monitor" widget to a panel. In my case I have two panels and two network interfaces (ethernet and wi-fi).
2. Open System Monitor and look at the plasmashell process CPU consumption.


Actual Results:  
plasmashell constantly hogs ~75% CPU core.

Expected Results:  
The process should not consume that much CPU.

I'm using Kubuntu 15.04 x86_64, KDE packages installed from ppa:kubuntu-ppa/backports. There are two panels: one with the task manager, the other is with the app launcher, a few application icons, spacer, System Load Viewer and the system tray. No other widgets on the desktop.
Comment 1 David Edmundson 2015-05-07 22:00:58 UTC 

*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of bug 345696 ***