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Old 02-18-2011, 12:06 PM   #1
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Question How disable webcam on Ubuntu

Hello,
How can I permanently disable my integrated HP webcam on Kubuntu 10.10?
 
Old 02-18-2011, 12:49 PM   #2
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Maybe do an lsmod and add the webcam driver to your blacklist, located at /etc/modprobe.d/blacklist?

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To add to that: If you that paranoid, you could take your laptop apart and physically unplug the usb connection from the motherboard.
 
Old 02-18-2011, 04:08 PM   #3
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The camera module should be uvcvideo. You could remove/blacklist the module, or build a new kernel and configure it to not build uvcvideo.
 
  


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