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How can I disable USB device by Vendor ID? So I have:

[root@piotr ~]# lsusb Bus 001 Device 002: ID 058f:9254 Alcor Micro Corp. Hub Bus 001 Device 003: ID 0d8c:000c C-Media Electronics, Inc. Audio Adapter Bus 001 Device 004: ID 0a12:0001 Cambridge Silicon Radio, Ltd Bluetooth Dongle (HCI mode) Bus 002 Device 004: ID 05e3:0608 Genesys Logic, Inc. USB-2.0 4-Port HUB Bus 001 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub Bus 002 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub Bus 002 Device 006: ID 0bc2:3320 Seagate RSS LLC SRD00F2 [Expansion Desktop Drive]

I want to disable

Bus 001 Device 003: ID 0d8c:000c C-Media Electronics, Inc. Audio Adapter

I need this unit in Windows environment but it disturb me Skype input (and only Skype). As temporary solution I just included snd_usb_audio in modprobe blacklist. But it is only workaround. Or, (maybe better) is it possible to exclude this particular USB device from udev rules? But in /usr/lib/udev/rules.d there is not definition for this device. I mean about VendorID.

So my questions are: Why it is working at all and can be seen by ALSA? How can I exclude such VendorID and ProductID fron udev rules? Any idea wanted

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  • you should edit your title to make it more general like how to ban a usb device with udev or something like this Commented Dec 18, 2013 at 9:24

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Correct answer (based on feedback from @mackowiakp) is actually this:

Add this line:

ACTION=="add", ATTR{idVendor}=="0d8c", ATTR{idProduct}=="000c", RUN="/bin/sh -c 'echo 0 >/sys/\$devpath/authorized'"

to a new file (ex: my.rules) in /etc/udev/rules.d/

Differences from @user2438863's answer:

  • RUN= instead of RUN+=
  • echo 0 instead of echo 1
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    Thanks @joachime-saur -- fixed! Commented Mar 31, 2022 at 9:40
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Add this line:

ACTION=="add", ATTR{idVendor}=="0d8c", ATTR{idProduct}=="000c", RUN+="/bin/sh -c 'echo 1 >/sys/\$devpath/authorized'"

to a new file (ex: my.rules) in /etc/udev/rules.d/

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  • Hmmm. It does not work for me. My device path is: /sys/devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:04.0/usb1/1-3/1-3:1.0/sound/card1 And suggested by You rule entry, does not create "authorized" file in such path. I think that some kind of default rule still activate my (unwanted) USB sound device, becuse in /usr/lib/udev/rules.d/ there is not any definition for such Vendor and Product ID. My system does not use /etc/udev as rules definition subdir. So some modification is necessary. What to do? Commented Dec 19, 2013 at 8:56
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    OK. You help me. But correct syntax should be ACTION=="add", ATTR{idVendor}=="0d8c", ATTR{idProduct}=="000c", RUN="/bin/sh -c 'echo 0 >/sys/\$devpath/authorized'" --- THX Commented Dec 19, 2013 at 18:33

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