Well, I did get usb-core to rmmod. My kernel is: 2.2.14w4l But, still no joy. The camera still switches off whn I plug in my usb cable. > If you could manage to unload usbcore, then you'd get the desired > result. However, i've never had any luck unloading usbcore once its > loaded (under a 2.4.x kernel, perhaps the rules are different for 2.5.x). Joel