On an up-to-date Tumbleweed computer, my daughter now has trouble with things like the clock in the KDE status bar. She suspected that it was not updating properly so she turned on showing seconds. And she sees that it is very uneven about when time is updated. We have looked at the processes running and the memory and swap usage. I cannot see anything that would explain such delays. The clock update is useful when she is taking remote exams (at the University). Also, after the update, programs like zoom have become unstable. Zoom itself was not updated. But all else has been as part of the usual Tumbleweed updates. My own system (different laptop so not the same hardware) with basically the same versions of all software does not exhibit this behavior. I'm not sure where to start looking. X is whatever the default would be as the result of a Tumbleweed install. My daughter's install is a couple years old. It has been fine up to the update done in late December. All updates since then are also installed, but they have not helped. Any suggestions where to look? As I seldom have trouble, I confess that I'm a bit rusty at this type of thing. I googled the clock thing but I did not find much. Of course, it may not even be the clock part that is the real problem... -- Roger Oberholtzer