XFCE battery plugin consuming CPU and memory

[Kevin Otte]

Process in question:
 6832 ? Rl 2430:25 /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/xfce4/panel/wrapper-2.0 /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/xfce4/panel/plugins/libbattery.so 18 14680129 battery Battery Monitor Show and monitor the battery status

htop lists its RSS as 404M (20% of the memory on this machine, more memory than Firefox is using) and has one core pegged (100% CPU). This has resulted in a temperature increase on the machine as well. Sort of ironic that the process to monitor the battery is the thing that's killing it.

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 17.04
Package: xfce4-battery-plugin 1.1.0-1
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 4.10.0-19.21-generic 4.10.8
Uname: Linux 4.10.0-19-generic x86_64
ApportVersion: 2.20.4-0ubuntu4
Architecture: amd64
CurrentDesktop: XFCE
Date: Tue Apr 18 14:22:43 2017
InstallationDate: Installed on 2013-12-30 (1204 days ago)
InstallationMedia: Xubuntu 13.10 "Saucy Salamander" - Release amd64 (20131016)
SourcePackage: xfce4-battery-plugin
UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to zesty on 2017-04-14 (4 days ago)

[dino99 (9d9)]

That version is now dead
http://news.softpedia.com/news/ubuntu-17-04-zesty-zapus-has-reached-end-of-life-upgrade-to-ubuntu-17-10-now-519360.shtml