SUMMARY When switching virtual desktops CPU usage of kwin_x11, Xorg and plasmashell increases to about 10%, 6% and 4%, respectively. It stays there until the taskbar is activated after which each of the percentages immediately drops down to below 0.5. STEPS TO REPRODUCE 1. Switch virtual desktop using a keyboard shortcut. 2. Activate panel or taskbar. OBSERVED RESULT Persistent high CPU usage until panel is triggered. EXPECTED RESULT Short spike in CPU usage while switching desktops. SOFTWARE/OS VERSIONS (available in the Info Center app, or by running `kinfo` in a terminal window) KDE Plasma Version: 6.0.5 KDE Frameworks Version: 6.5.0 Qt Version: 6.7.2 ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
Do you have an auto-hide panel? Does it also happen in Plasma 6.1.4 or later?
(In reply to Nate Graham from comment #1) > Do you have an auto-hide panel? Yes. > > Does it also happen in Plasma 6.1.4 or later? I don't know, I'm on Manjaro stable, so 6.0.5 is the latest version for me.
Darn. That's a shame. If you make your panel always visible, does the issue go away?
(In reply to Nate Graham from comment #3) > Darn. That's a shame. If you make your panel always visible, does the issue > go away? It does indeed. Interestingly it also goes away if I set it to 'dodge windows', even if I switch onto a desktop with a full screen window (and thus hidden panel). Which, incidentally, solves the problem for me.
And I'm guessing you have your Digital Clock to show seconds, right? If so, this is Bug 487895. Even if it's not, it might be that issue anyway, and showing seconds is either unrelated, or an example of the issue caused by of having something updating on the panel while it's hidden.
(In reply to Nate Graham from comment #5) > And I'm guessing you have your Digital Clock to show seconds, right? If so, > this is Bug 487895. Even if it's not, it might be that issue anyway, and > showing seconds is either unrelated, or an example of the issue caused by of > having something updating on the panel while it's hidden. No, it's set to minutes and I don't have anything non-standard in the panel otherwise either (as far as I can tell), i.e. launcher, desktops, task manager, system tray, clock and show desktop button. But I guess task manager and desktops both will update while switching between desktops.
(In reply to hinsch.martin from comment #6) > (In reply to Nate Graham from comment #5) > > And I'm guessing you have your Digital Clock to show seconds, right? If so, > > this is Bug 487895. Even if it's not, it might be that issue anyway, and > > showing seconds is either unrelated, or an example of the issue caused by of > > having something updating on the panel while it's hidden. > > No, it's set to minutes and I don't have anything non-standard in the panel > otherwise either (as far as I can tell), i.e. launcher, desktops, task > manager, system tray, clock and show desktop button. But I guess task > manager and desktops both will update while switching between desktops. But I've read Bug 487895 and it does sound as if it's the same thing.
Yeah, agreed. Thanks a lot! *** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of bug 487895 ***