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Linux fingerprint reader5/28/2023 Prometheus MIS Touch Fingerprint Reader This is listed in the libfprint supported devices so I thought I was good to go. Which was opened 3 years ago but the only merge request that was associated was removed. Bus 006 Device 002: ID 06cb:00bd Synaptics, Inc. Starting with 21.10, you may not need to do this anymore as Linux kernel 5.12 and newer will support the device out of the box. Register the fingerprint sensor: fprintd-enroll. On top of fingerprint reader support, KDE 5. Most all laptop fingerprint readers should, however, work as expected. Which isnt the same device ID as ours (its 27c6:5117 where as ours is 27c6:5381) but last status on all distros is 'failed'Īctually what would happen if I change the url to match our ID?ĭetected but most distros (which we know as we can see it) sudo dpkg -i libfprint-2-tod1-goodix0.0.b. The one caveat is finding an external fingerprint reader that is fully supported by Linux. Which says that libfprint doesnt support Goodix and unlikely ever will Run these commands borrowed from the Arch Linux wiki to update the firmware. I read something about the gitlab page being deleted which is usually not a good sign. First, lets update the fingerprint reader firmware. For long and complicated questions prefer the other forums within the support section. Please stick to easy to-the-point questions that you feel people can answer fast. If you get a fingerprint reader, you can set up a fingerprint authentication functionality to Ubuntu, including a seamless integration into GNOME 2.x. However if you think your question is a bit stupid, then this is the right place for you to post it. To install, move into directory where youve downloaded the old version of fprintd and execute pacman -U fprintd-1.90. Not had much luck and its not looking promising. There are no such things as 'stupid' questions. Go to Settings and the click on Users from left sidebar. This is very weird because just been looking for the same thing for exactly the same machine. Adding fingerprint login in Ubuntu and other Linux distributions.
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