Managing Devices in Oracle^® Solaris 11.3

How to Remove Unused USB Device Links

Use this procedure if a USB device is removed while the system is powered off. Removing the USB device while the system is powered off can leave device links for devices that do not exist.

1. Become an administrator.

   For more information, see Using Your Assigned Administrative Rights in Securing Users and Processes in Oracle Solaris 11.3.

2. Close all applications that might be accessing the device.
3. Remove the unused links for a specific USB class.

   Choose one of the following commands:

   • devfsadm -C -c USB-class

     The following example removes the unused links for the audio class of devices.

     # devfsadm -C -c audio

   • devfsadm -C

     The command removes all dangling links.