Bug 514245

Summary: On Nobara 43, Audio Volume Widget causes idle CPU reaches above 20% constantly.
Product: [Plasma] plasmashell Reporter: Mabrouk <mabrouk_a>
Component: Audio Volume widgetAssignee: Plasma Bugs List <plasma-bugs-null>
Status: RESOLVED DUPLICATE    
Severity: normal CC: isma.af, nate
Priority: NOR    
Version First Reported In: 6.5.4   
Target Milestone: 1.0   
Platform: Other   
OS: Linux   
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Description Mabrouk 2026-01-06 20:02:32 UTC
Whenever I add Audio Volume Widget to desktop it causes CPU to increase more than 20% per widget, I have 2 monitors when I added 2 of them CPU idled above 40% almost all the time on the process plasmashell. I removed them and it got back to normal 1%. I tried more than once, I restarted my PC and it constantly causing it.

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
Nobara Linux 43 (KDE Plasma Desktop Edition) x86_64
Linux 6.18.3-201.nobara.fc43.x86_64
KDE Plasma 6.5.4
KWin (Wayland)
Nobara (Nobara) [Qt], Breeze-Dark [GTK2], Breeze [GTK3], Nobara [GTK4]

intel 12700K
amd rx7900xt
32 GB ddr4
m.2 nvme
dual monitors
Comment 1 Nate Graham 2026-01-08 22:17:38 UTC

*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of bug 441555 ***