System Administration Guide: Devices and File Systems

ProcedureHow to Disable Specific USB Drivers

Steps
  1. Become superuser.

  2. Record the driver aliases that you are about to remove.


    # cp /etc/driver_aliases /etc/driver_aliases.orig
    
  3. Identify the specific USB driver alias name.

    For example:


    # grep usbprn /etc/driver_aliases
    usbprn "usbif,class7.1.1"
    usbprn "usbif,class7.1.2"
  4. Remove the driver alias entry.

    For example:


    # update_drv -d -i '"usbif,class7.1.1"' usbprn
    # update_drv -d -i '"usbif,class7.1.2"' usbprn
    
  5. Reboot the system.


    # init 6