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Disable integrated webcam on linux
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disable webcam
for device in $(ls /sys/bus/usb/devices/*/product); do
echo "$device: "| cut -f6 -d/ | tr '\n' ' '; cat $device;
done
locate the identifier for your device and:
echo '1-5' | sudo tee /sys/bus/usb/drivers/usb/unbind
where 1-5 is the identifier
to enable it again:
echo '1-5' | sudo tee /sys/bus/usb/drivers/usb/bind
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