Please advise how i can have a simple system monitor in the taskbar (panel . or whatever you want to call it today) that shows uPro, mem & network usages WITHOUT making the whole bar flicker all the time?


thx.

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System:    Host: greg-Inspiron-5767 Kernel: 4.4.0-75-generic x86_64 (64 bit) Desktop: KDE Plasma 5.8.5
           Distro: Linux Mint 18.1 Serena
Machine:   System: Dell (portable) product: Inspiron 5767
           Mobo: Dell model: 03XWWJ v: A00 Bios: Dell v: 1.0.0 date: 07/14/2016
CPU:       Dual core Intel Core i5-7200U (-HT-MCP-) cache: 3072 KB
           clock speeds: max: 3100 MHz 1: 500 MHz 2: 597 MHz 3: 499 MHz 4: 1729 MHz
Graphics:  Card: Intel Device 5916
           Display Server: X.Org 1.18.4 drivers: intel (unloaded: fbdev,vesa) Resolution: 1920x1080@60.02hz
           GLX Renderer: Mesa DRI Intel Kabylake GT2 GLX Version: 3.0 Mesa 11.2.0
Audio:     Card Intel Device 9d71 driver: snd_hda_intel Sound: ALSA v: k4.4.0-75-generic
Network:   Card-1: Intel Wireless 3165 driver: iwlwifi
           IF: wlp1s0 state: up mac: <filter>
           Card-2: Realtek RTL8101/2/6E PCI Express Fast/Gigabit Ethernet controller driver: r8169
           IF: enp2s0 state: down mac: <filter>
Drives:    HDD Total Size: 1000.2GB (12.1% used) ID-1: /dev/sda model: TOSHIBA_MQ01ABD1 size: 1000.2GB
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           ID-2: /boot size: 472M used: 216M (49%) fs: ext2 dev: /dev/sda1
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RAID:      No RAID devices: /proc/mdstat, md_mod kernel module present
Sensors:   System Temperatures: cpu: 31.0C mobo: N/A
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o looks like iv already asked this question a year ago with zero answers viewtopic.php?f=19&t=137284. I shall leave this up since this is a completely new computer, a new installation of KDE, new version of Mint, plasma, kernel etc.

Please advise.

you might not have asked in the right place? I have moved the topic to the Plasma 5 forum.

FWIW, current stable Plasma release is 5.9.4, you might want to upgrade to see if this is not already solved.

Hi, Sorry all i know is if the update manage tells me there is an update, but its all up to date. However there are some "sudo apt update" (which has a few but im guessing these are unstable updates which I have switched off in the auto update manager atm)

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└─(22:44:48)──> apt list --upgradeable                                                                                                                                                             ──(Thu,Apr27)─┘
Listing... Done
dbus/xenial-updates 1.10.6-1ubuntu3.3 amd64 [upgradable from: 1.10.6-1ubuntu3.1]
dbus-x11/xenial-updates 1.10.6-1ubuntu3.3 amd64 [upgradable from: 1.10.6-1ubuntu3.1]
grub-common/xenial-updates 2.02~beta2-36ubuntu3.9 amd64 [upgradable from: 2.02~beta2-36ubuntu3.2]
grub-pc/xenial-updates 2.02~beta2-36ubuntu3.9 amd64 [upgradable from: 2.02~beta2-36ubuntu3.2]
grub-pc-bin/xenial-updates 2.02~beta2-36ubuntu3.9 amd64 [upgradable from: 2.02~beta2-36ubuntu3.2]
grub2-common/xenial-updates 2.02~beta2-36ubuntu3.9 amd64 [upgradable from: 2.02~beta2-36ubuntu3.2]
libdbus-1-3/xenial-updates 1.10.6-1ubuntu3.3 amd64 [upgradable from: 1.10.6-1ubuntu3.1]
libegl1-mesa/xenial-updates 12.0.6-0ubuntu0.16.04.1 amd64 [upgradable from: 11.2.0-1ubuntu2.2]
libegl1-mesa-drivers/xenial-updates 12.0.6-0ubuntu0.16.04.1 amd64 [upgradable from: 11.2.0-1ubuntu2.2]
libgbm1/xenial-updates 12.0.6-0ubuntu0.16.04.1 amd64 [upgradable from: 11.2.0-1ubuntu2.2]
libgl1-mesa-dri/xenial-updates 12.0.6-0ubuntu0.16.04.1 i386 [upgradable from: 11.2.0-1ubuntu2.2]
libgl1-mesa-glx/xenial-updates 12.0.6-0ubuntu0.16.04.1 i386 [upgradable from: 11.2.0-1ubuntu2.2]
libglapi-mesa/xenial-updates 12.0.6-0ubuntu0.16.04.1 i386 [upgradable from: 11.2.0-1ubuntu2.2]
libgles1-mesa/xenial-updates 12.0.6-0ubuntu0.16.04.1 amd64 [upgradable from: 11.2.0-1ubuntu2.2]
libgles2-mesa/xenial-updates 12.0.6-0ubuntu0.16.04.1 amd64 [upgradable from: 11.2.0-1ubuntu2.2]
libpam-systemd/xenial-updates 229-4ubuntu16 amd64 [upgradable from: 229-4ubuntu12]
libsystemd0/xenial-updates 229-4ubuntu16 amd64 [upgradable from: 229-4ubuntu12]
libudev1/xenial-updates 229-4ubuntu16 amd64 [upgradable from: 229-4ubuntu12]
libwayland-egl1-mesa/xenial-updates 12.0.6-0ubuntu0.16.04.1 amd64 [upgradable from: 11.2.0-1ubuntu2.2]
libxatracker2/xenial-updates 12.0.6-0ubuntu0.16.04.1 amd64 [upgradable from: 11.2.0-1ubuntu2.2]
systemd/xenial-updates 229-4ubuntu16 amd64 [upgradable from: 229-4ubuntu12]
systemd-sysv/xenial-updates 229-4ubuntu16 amd64 [upgradable from: 229-4ubuntu12]
udev/xenial-updates 229-4ubuntu16 amd64 [upgradable from: 229-4ubuntu12]
xserver-xorg-video-amdgpu/xenial-updates 1.1.2-0ubuntu0.16.04.1 amd64 [upgradable from: 1.1.0-1]


I guess im just asking how do i go about updating plasma ? thx.

Unstable updates are not in the usual repositories, those would be in Beta which is not a selectable item in the Discover settings, you really need to activate all the regular update paths, especially the Universe repository as all Plasma and KDE related packages are in there.

FWIW: you apparently still run Xenial, which is the previous release, Plasma 5.9.4 is in Zesty.

Thx but i dont understand any of that really.

This is a new installation of mint 18.1 kde , I have allowed unstable packages and i have kubuntu backports listed in my PPA's.

you really need to activate all the regular update paths, especially the Universe repository as all Plasma and KDE related packages are in there.

how do i do that exactly ?

you apparently still run Xenial, which is the previous release, Plasma 5.9.4 is in Zesty.

I just recently downloaded the latest mint KDE , i dont know how it can be out of date ?

Well, Mint is a Ubuntu spin-off, if you want a recent Plasma desktop you would have to go with a pure Kubuntu.
Since I don't know what package manager they use on Mint, nor which exact sources you use on it that very much limits the amount of help I can be of, here. Have you tried to ask your distribution directly?

Hi, I just wanted to stop the taskbar flickering i dont want to change my disro as iv just installed what i had hopped to be my final choice.

my sources & current PPA's are:-

└─(05:01:09)──> egrep -v '^#|^ *$' /etc/apt/sources.list /etc/apt/sources.list.d/* ──(Mon,May01)─┘
/etc/apt/sources.list.d/kubuntu-ppa-backports-xenial.list:deb http://ppa.launchpad.net/kubuntu-ppa/backports/ubuntu xenial main
/etc/apt/sources.list.d/kubuntu-ppa-backports-xenial.list:deb-src http://ppa.launchpad.net/kubuntu-ppa/backports/ubuntu xenial main
/etc/apt/sources.list.d/megasync.list:deb https://mega.nz/linux/MEGAsync/xUbuntu_16.04/ ./
/etc/apt/sources.list.d/official-package-repositories.list:deb http://www.mirrorservice.org/sites/pack ... m/packages serena main upstream import backport romeo
/etc/apt/sources.list.d/official-package-repositories.list:deb http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu xenial main restricted universe multiverse
/etc/apt/sources.list.d/official-package-repositories.list:deb http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu xenial-updates main restricted universe multiverse
/etc/apt/sources.list.d/official-package-repositories.list:deb http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu xenial-backports main restricted universe multiverse
/etc/apt/sources.list.d/official-package-repositories.list:deb http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ xenial-security main restricted universe multiverse
/etc/apt/sources.list.d/official-package-repositories.list:deb http://archive.canonical.com/ubuntu/ xenial partner
/etc/apt/sources.list.d/skype-stable.list:deb [arch=amd64] https://repo.skype.com/deb stable main
/etc/apt/sources.list.d/teejee2008-ppa-xenial.list:deb http://ppa.launchpad.net/teejee2008/ppa/ubuntu xenial main
/etc/apt/sources.list.d/teejee2008-ppa-xenial.list:deb-src http://ppa.launchpad.net/teejee2008/ppa/ubuntu xenial main
/etc/apt/sources.list.d/ubuntu-defaults.list:deb http://ppa.launchpad.net/kubuntu-ppa/backports/ubuntu xenial main


The package manager is apt or synaptic or anything that works on ubnuntu or deb, I dont think there is anything different apart from the GUI (software manager) but thats just a gui.