How to fix acr122's and libnfc's "Unable to claim USB interface" on Linux

With modprobe

Oct 27, 2018
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If you like me have an acr122u usb NFC reader, you may see that issue when you connect it to the linux machine, run nfc-list and see something like this:

error   libnfc.driver.acr122_usb    Unable to claim USB interface (Permission denied)

Fortunately, it’s not very hard to fix:

sudo vim /etc/modprobe.d/blacklist-libnfc.conf
Add this line: blacklist pn533_usb
Reboot

Then try to read some cards:

sudo nfc-list -v

Enjoy your fully functional acr122u (:

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How to fix acr122's and libnfc's "Unable to claim USB interface" on Linux

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