USB-guard can be tricky

When I activated usbguard.service - because Journal complained that this service hadn’t started :innocent:
after restart keybord and mouse no longer worked.
Simply, because these devices are connected via USB. TimeShift saved me again… :rofl:

Any workaround except de-installing usbguard?

usbguard is for having white/black lists of usb devices.

If you dont want to use it why is it installed?

If you do want to use it then configure it.

https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/USBGuard

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I missed this part:
Warning: Make sure to actually configure the daemon before starting/enabling it or all USB devices, including keyboard and mouse, will immediately be blocked!
Reading is helpful… Indeed.
And: curiosity killed the cat - security killed the “nerd”.

If you first, as a test, just start the service,
but not yet enable it,
you can simply reboot and it will be inactive again …

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