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How do I turn off a usb device completely by terminal?


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My ThinkPad T480 running Linux has a fingerprint scanner that shows up to lsusb as



Bus 001 Device 004: ID 06cb:009a Synaptics, Inc. 


There are no drivers for this fingerprint scanner, and according to PowerTop, it is constantly checking and using up battery.



How do I turn it off completely?










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  • Are you able to disable it in the firmware settings?

    – Torin
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  • @Spaceguy99. There is an option in the T480 firmware configuration to disable the fingerprint scanner.

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My ThinkPad T480 running Linux has a fingerprint scanner that shows up to lsusb as



Bus 001 Device 004: ID 06cb:009a Synaptics, Inc. 


There are no drivers for this fingerprint scanner, and according to PowerTop, it is constantly checking and using up battery.



How do I turn it off completely?










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  • Are you able to disable it in the firmware settings?

    – Torin
    yesterday











  • @Spaceguy99. There is an option in the T480 firmware configuration to disable the fingerprint scanner.

    – fpmurphy
    yesterday














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My ThinkPad T480 running Linux has a fingerprint scanner that shows up to lsusb as



Bus 001 Device 004: ID 06cb:009a Synaptics, Inc. 


There are no drivers for this fingerprint scanner, and according to PowerTop, it is constantly checking and using up battery.



How do I turn it off completely?










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My ThinkPad T480 running Linux has a fingerprint scanner that shows up to lsusb as



Bus 001 Device 004: ID 06cb:009a Synaptics, Inc. 


There are no drivers for this fingerprint scanner, and according to PowerTop, it is constantly checking and using up battery.



How do I turn it off completely?







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  • Are you able to disable it in the firmware settings?

    – Torin
    yesterday











  • @Spaceguy99. There is an option in the T480 firmware configuration to disable the fingerprint scanner.

    – fpmurphy
    yesterday



















  • Are you able to disable it in the firmware settings?

    – Torin
    yesterday











  • @Spaceguy99. There is an option in the T480 firmware configuration to disable the fingerprint scanner.

    – fpmurphy
    yesterday

















Are you able to disable it in the firmware settings?

– Torin
yesterday





Are you able to disable it in the firmware settings?

– Torin
yesterday













@Spaceguy99. There is an option in the T480 firmware configuration to disable the fingerprint scanner.

– fpmurphy
yesterday





@Spaceguy99. There is an option in the T480 firmware configuration to disable the fingerprint scanner.

– fpmurphy
yesterday










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