On Thu, December 11, 2008 4:08 pm, Brandon Stout wrote: >> I recently ran powertop on a laptop and noticed that the webcam and >> bluetooth devices (both of which are connected via an internal USB hub), >> are always on. They are both sucking power, and the webcam is also >> hitting the CPU with a constant stream of interrupts. Since I'm not >> using them, I would love to disable these devices. >> >> So far I have tried unloading the kernel modules, which didn't work, and >> blacklisting them so they can't load in the first place, which also >> didn't work. Unfortunately, the BIOS is limited and doesn't give any >> options for disabling specific devices. >> >> Has anyone run into this problem before? How do you turn off a USB >> device without snipping the wires? > > Why not just unplug the devices since you're not using them anyway?
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