Re: riddle me this: youtube kills my usb hub

From	Robert Heller <heller@deepsoft.com>
Newsgroups	comp.os.linux.misc
Subject	Re: riddle me this: youtube kills my usb hub
Date	2025-03-11 20:55 +0000
Organization	Deepwoods Software
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At Tue, 11 Mar 2025 20:31:27 -0000 (UTC) Eli the Bearded <*@eli.users.panix.com> wrote:

> 
> In comp.os.linux.misc, The Natural Philosopher  <tnp@invalid.invalid> wrote:
> > On 11/03/2025 20:00, Eli the Bearded wrote:
> >> Hardware: Surface Go 2 (which has only one USB port, hence hub)
> >> Browser: Firefox, true for multiple versions over the last year
> >> Distro: Ubuntu 20.04.6 LTS
> >> Kernel: 5.12.14-surface, with Surface specific hardware mods
> >> X11 configured to use Icewm instead of whatever Ubuntu has as default
> >> Hub is "uni" branded USB-C to 4 x USB3 A ports; IDs as "Generic":
> > I would suspect the hub.
> 
> Maybe, but I've found that usb-c to USB3 A hubs *with no other features*
> are hard to find. I've gone through a few that had ethernet or HDMI or
> both and would get quite warm with use, which is terrible when I just
> want a mouse on battery power.
> 
> > Is the hub separately  powered?
> 
> No, but the backup drive is. It should only be drawing power for the
> hub itself and the mouse.
> 
> > When Firefox is playing videos the power consumption will increase. I(t 
> > may be that if the hub isn't powered, the computers power supply simply 
> > cannot cope...
> 
> The hub works fine during more CPU intensive tasks like compiling or
> video transcoding. And video playback in mplayer works just fine. I can
> even play youtube downloaded videos in mplayer while transcoding and
> there are no issues.
> 
> It's specific to Firefox playing the video.

Wondering: what does your memory use look like?  FF is a *memory* hog.  If 
there is swaping going on, that might be what is eating power.

> 
> Elijah
> ------
> has not tried other browsers
>                                                              
> 

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riddle me this: youtube kills my usb hub Eli the Bearded <*@eli.users.panix.com> - 2025-03-11 20:00 +0000
  Re: riddle me this: youtube kills my usb hub The Natural Philosopher <tnp@invalid.invalid> - 2025-03-11 20:18 +0000
    Re: riddle me this: youtube kills my usb hub Eli the Bearded <*@eli.users.panix.com> - 2025-03-11 20:31 +0000
      Re: riddle me this: youtube kills my usb hub Robert Heller <heller@deepsoft.com> - 2025-03-11 20:55 +0000
        Re: riddle me this: youtube kills my usb hub Eli the Bearded <*@eli.users.panix.com> - 2025-03-12 01:28 +0000
          Re: riddle me this: youtube kills my usb hub The Natural Philosopher <tnp@invalid.invalid> - 2025-03-12 11:59 +0000
            Re: riddle me this: youtube kills my usb hub Lawrence D'Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid> - 2025-03-15 22:25 +0000
      Re: riddle me this: youtube kills my usb hub Computer Nerd Kev <not@telling.you.invalid> - 2025-03-12 12:43 +1000
        Re: riddle me this: youtube kills my usb hub Eli the Bearded <*@eli.users.panix.com> - 2025-03-12 04:45 +0000
          Re: riddle me this: youtube kills my usb hub The Natural Philosopher <tnp@invalid.invalid> - 2025-03-12 12:01 +0000
          Re: riddle me this: youtube kills my usb hub Robert Heller <heller@deepsoft.com> - 2025-03-12 12:48 +0000
            Re: riddle me this: youtube kills my usb hub Eli the Bearded <*@eli.users.panix.com> - 2025-03-13 03:31 +0000
          Re: riddle me this: youtube kills my usb hub not@telling.you.invalid (Computer Nerd Kev) - 2025-03-13 07:43 +1000
            Re: riddle me this: youtube kills my usb hub Eli the Bearded <*@eli.users.panix.com> - 2025-03-13 04:38 +0000
              Re: riddle me this: youtube kills my usb hub Robert Heller <heller@deepsoft.com> - 2025-03-13 12:47 +0000
              Re: riddle me this: youtube kills my usb hub Lawrence D'Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid> - 2025-03-15 22:28 +0000
                Re: riddle me this: youtube kills my usb hub not@telling.you.invalid (Computer Nerd Kev) - 2025-03-17 07:54 +1000
        Re: riddle me this: youtube kills my usb hub The Natural Philosopher <tnp@invalid.invalid> - 2025-03-12 12:00 +0000
      Re: riddle me this: youtube kills my usb hub Lawrence D'Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid> - 2025-03-12 03:10 +0000
        Re: riddle me this: youtube kills my usb hub Eli the Bearded <*@eli.users.panix.com> - 2025-03-12 04:47 +0000
          Re: riddle me this: youtube kills my usb hub Rich <rich@example.invalid> - 2025-03-12 21:55 +0000
          Re: riddle me this: youtube kills my usb hub Lawrence D'Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid> - 2025-03-15 22:26 +0000
            Re: riddle me this: youtube kills my usb hub Eli the Bearded <*@eli.users.panix.com> - 2025-03-16 00:05 +0000
              Re: riddle me this: youtube kills my usb hub Rich <rich@example.invalid> - 2025-03-16 19:08 +0000
                Re: riddle me this: youtube kills my usb hub Eli the Bearded <*@eli.users.panix.com> - 2025-03-16 21:43 +0000
              Re: riddle me this: youtube kills my usb hub Eric Pozharski <apple.universe@posteo.net> - 2025-03-17 10:31 +0000
      Re: riddle me this: youtube kills my usb hub The Natural Philosopher <tnp@invalid.invalid> - 2025-03-12 11:57 +0000
  Re: riddle me this: youtube kills my usb hub Richard Kettlewell <invalid@invalid.invalid> - 2025-03-12 08:55 +0000
  Re: riddle me this: youtube kills my usb hub "Carlos E.R." <robin_listas@es.invalid> - 2025-03-13 08:24 +0100
    Re: riddle me this: youtube kills my usb hub Andy Burns <usenet@andyburns.uk> - 2025-03-13 08:31 +0100
    Re: riddle me this: youtube kills my usb hub Eli the Bearded <*@eli.users.panix.com> - 2025-03-14 04:54 +0000
      Re: riddle me this: youtube kills my usb hub Andy Burns <usenet@andyburns.uk> - 2025-03-14 07:40 +0100
      Re: riddle me this: youtube kills my usb hub "Carlos E.R." <robin_listas@es.invalid> - 2025-03-14 11:15 +0100
        Re: riddle me this: youtube kills my usb hub Eli the Bearded <*@eli.users.panix.com> - 2025-03-14 22:56 +0000
          Re: riddle me this: youtube kills my usb hub The Natural Philosopher <tnp@invalid.invalid> - 2025-03-15 09:02 +0000
            Re: riddle me this: youtube kills my usb hub rbowman <bowman@montana.com> - 2025-03-15 19:47 +0000
              Re: riddle me this: youtube kills my usb hub The Natural Philosopher <tnp@invalid.invalid> - 2025-03-16 01:39 +0000

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