Bug 514003 - Being able to see the apps' children apps/process
Summary: Being able to see the apps' children apps/process
Status: RESOLVED NOT A BUG
Alias: None
Product: plasma-systemmonitor
Classification: Applications
Component: general (other bugs)
Version First Reported In: 6.5.4
Platform: CachyOS Linux
: NOR wishlist
Target Milestone: ---
Assignee: KSysGuard Developers
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Reported: 2025-12-31 10:16 UTC by Fernando Marcelino Muniz
Modified: 2026-01-05 15:00 UTC (History)
2 users (show)

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Not enough info regarding the processes' children processes. (2.39 MB, image/jpeg)
2025-12-31 10:23 UTC, Fernando Marcelino Muniz
Details

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Description Fernando Marcelino Muniz 2025-12-31 10:16:42 UTC
STEPS TO REPRODUCE
1. Open System Monitor.
2. Try to figure out which app/process is the child of which app/process.

OBSERVED RESULT
You can see them. You will have to go to the process tab and guess which belongs to which.

EXPECTED RESULT
Being able to click on the app to expand and see their children.
In the attachment Steam would show: INSIDE.exe , steamwebhelper , steamwebhelper , steam.exe

SOFTWARE/OS VERSIONS
Operating System: CachyOS Linux 
KDE Plasma Version: 6.5.4
KDE Frameworks Version: 6.21.0
Qt Version: 6.10.1
Kernel Version: 6.18.2-2-cachyos (64-bit)
Graphics Platform: Wayland
Processors: 8 × 11th Gen Intel® Core™ i5-11300H @ 3.10GHz
Memory: 9 GB of RAM (8.1 GB usable)
Graphics Processor 1: Intel® Iris® Xe Graphics
Graphics Processor 2: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1650
Manufacturer: LENOVO
Product Name: 82MG
System Version: IdeaPad Gaming 3 15IHU6
Comment 1 Fernando Marcelino Muniz 2025-12-31 10:23:37 UTC
Created attachment 188108 [details]
Not enough info regarding the processes' children processes.

Gamers will be more interested in the game's process than Steam as a whole, and not every game has a blatantly obvious executable filename.
Comment 2 Arjen Hiemstra 2026-01-05 15:00:16 UTC
This is already available through the details sidebar.