It's not possible to prevent new (i.e. USB, Disc ) devices from showing up in the launcher automatically.
The experimental-tab / possibility to disable all devices in CompizConfig Settings Manager (CCSM) stated in the second answer isn't available in my version of compizconfig-settings-manager (0.9.10) on Ubuntu 13.10.
While it is possible to blacklist UUIDs as described in this stackoverflow answer:
http:// askubuntu. com/a/195998
It's not possible to prevent new (i.e. USB, Disc ) devices from showing up in the launcher automatically.
The experimental-tab / possibility to disable all devices in CompizConfig Settings Manager (CCSM) stated in the second answer isn't available in my version of compizconfig- settings- manager (0.9.10) on Ubuntu 13.10.
http:// askubuntu. com/a/62015
A generic solution to disable the devices would really be appreciated.