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oldtimeyjunk

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From: /world/europe/uk/england

Registered: 2011-04-30

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Disable built-in webcam

How can I disable my laptop's built-in cam permanently (/dev/video0), since it's completely broken and no longer gives an image?

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bjornoslav

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Registered: 2011-11-01

Posts: 137

Re: Disable built-in webcam

Blacklist the uvcvideo module by doing this as root (or prefix with sudo):

# echo "blacklist uvcvideo" > /etc/modprobe.d/disable_webcam.conf

Upon restart the camera will be disabled (the driver won't be loaded).

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