Waybar using too much CPU

dhelgerson commented 4 months ago

Bug Report

Description

I'm using the project on an amd gaming laptop, waybar uses 9-12% of a core consistently which doesn't seem like a lot but it results in a ~2W power draw which take my laptop from a 6hr battery to 4.5hrs. could there be anything to do to decrease it's usage such as decreasing the frequency in which it updates?

Steps to Reproduce

install archlinux
install repo per installation instructions
use btop(and others) to check cpu usage

Expected Behavior

waybar shouldn't be using more than maybe 2-5% of a single core

Actual Behavior

waybar uses 8-12%

Environment

e.g.,

Linux Distro: Arch
Linux Version, output of uname -a: 6.8.7-zen1-1-zen
Hyprland Version, output of hyprctl version:commit fe7b748eb668136dd0558b7c8279bfcd7ab4d759
Installation Environment: Asus Rog Zephyrus G14 ga401I (2020)
Other info: 1920x1080@120hs(I switched to 60 and practically no difference

JaKooLit commented 4 months ago

any changes when switch to say simple layout?

if so, then edit the waybar to your liking.. minimize the loaded module as requires

dhelgerson commented 4 months ago

there doesn't seem to be much of a difference. between the simple layouts and the more extravagant ones.

JaKooLit commented 4 months ago

if thats the case then I cant do much

You could try this https://wiki.hyprland.org/FAQ/

or enable gamemode super shift G

or you could kill the waybar super b

I dont maintain the packages installed

its only a bash script to assist in installing packages

dhelgerson commented 4 months ago

thanks anyway.

JaKooLit / Arch-Hyprland