Benjamin, could you retest this with a build that includes the fix for bug #1204532 ? I suspect this may be fixed / ameliorated by those code changes.
** Changed in: indicator-datetime (Ubuntu) Status: New => Incomplete -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of DX Packages, which is subscribed to indicator-datetime in Ubuntu. Matching subscriptions: dx-packages https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1224430 Title: High system load when displaying seconds Status in “indicator-datetime” package in Ubuntu: Incomplete Bug description: I configured the datetime indicator to display seconds. On an idle netbook with an Intel Atom processor, the indicator-datetime-service library uses around 7 % CPU time and the evolution-calendor-factory uses 4 % CPU time. When disabling displaying the seconds, the system load will drop below 0.1 % CPU time. The system load should be lower even if the seconds are displayed. Expensive operations like querying the Evolution calender should be run only once per minute instead of every second. ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 13.10 Package: indicator-datetime 13.10.0+13.10.20130903-0ubuntu1 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.11.0-7.13-generic 3.11.0 Uname: Linux 3.11.0-7-generic x86_64 ApportVersion: 2.12.1-0ubuntu3 Architecture: amd64 Date: Thu Sep 12 13:18:28 2013 InstallationDate: Installed on 2012-06-05 (463 days ago) InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 12.04 LTS "Precise Pangolin" - Release amd64 (20120425) MarkForUpload: True SourcePackage: indicator-datetime UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to saucy on 2013-06-03 (100 days ago) To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/indicator-datetime/+bug/1224430/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~dx-packages Post to : dx-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~dx-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp