Version: unspecified (using KDE 4.5.0) OS: Linux My default desktop has a marble globe wallpaper. If I try to change the settings (Einstellungen für "Arbeitsfläche", I don't know the english text) plasma freeze. top show 100% CPU usage. After killing and restarting plasma-desktop everything is fine again, as long as I don't start the setting If I add a new activity with a normal wallpaper, the settings dialog opens just fine. If I try to change to marble globe wallpaper, plasma freezes when pressing the apply button. Reproducible: Sometimes Steps to Reproduce: At the moment it happens all the time, when trying to open the desktop settings with active marble wallpaper, or when trying to change to marble wallpaper. But this was not always the case. (I delete all plasma settings after upgrading to kde 4.5 and managed to set the marble wallpaper somehow, although with several freezes) Actual Results: plasma uses 100% CPU and does not respond to any mouse or keyboard action. The settings dialog does not open.
Thanks for the report. Sadly it seems to never have been solved? The Plasma worldmap wallpaper has been rewritten now in QML for Plasma5 (and lacking some of the old features still). The old code is no longer maintained, so closing this now. Please try the new wallpaper and report any issues or features you would like to see (re-)implemented. See also https://frinring.wordpress.com/2016/08/04/wip-plasma-world-map-wallpaper-world-clock-applet-powered-by-marble/