Questions tagged [fingerprint-reader]
Questions relating to hardware fingerprint readers
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How do I install a fingerprint reader on Lenovo ThinkPad?
I have a Lenovo ThinkPad with a fingerprint reader:
How to make Ubuntu recognise it and use it for login?
I already tried:
sudo add-apt-repository ppa:fingerprint/fingerprint-gui
sudo apt-get ...
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Use fingerprint authentication not only for login
I'm on 18.04 and have successfully enabled fingerprint login. I would like to use my fingerprint not only to login but if possible also to:
Authenticate in the terminal when I do a sudo command
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Using Fingerprint reader in 16.04
I have a Dell laptop with fingerprint reader inbuilt. I just ran lsusb on terminal and got the following result:
Bus 002 Device 003: ID 138a:0011 Validity Sensors, Inc. VFS5011 Fingerprint Reader
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Login using fingerprint reader
I have a fingerprint reader on my Dell Vostro. Does anyone know of any proper Fingerprint reader which can integrate with LightDM?
I have heard of Fingerprint GUI but that works with GDM as per the ...
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Unlock keyring with fingerprint reader on login
I recently bought a Lenovo Thinkpad Edge E420s, which comes with a fingerprint reader. I have installed the fingerprint-gui and libbsapi to get it fully working (make: UPEK).
Is there a way to unlock ...
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Fingerprint login in 20.04
I saw an OMG Ubuntu article about Ubuntu offering fingerprint support. But I do not see any such option in 20.04.
Is it really possible to login using fingerprint scan in 20.04? If yes, how?
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Fingerprint reader in ubuntu 18.04
I'm using a Lenovo Thinkpad e580 with Ubuntu 18.04
I tried fingerprint-gui but it says "no devices found!".
lsusb command results this:
Bus 002 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0003 Linux Foundation 3.0 root ...
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Fingerprint and NFC reader on Dell Latitude E7450
Is there any solution to get the fingerprint reader and the NFC reader to work on a Dell Latitude E7450? I have been looking for a way to get them working since the E7450 2015 was released.
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Is there a driver for the Kensington VeriMark USB fingerprint key?
I'd like to protect my laptop but find a secure password too tedious. The Kensington VeriMark (https://www.kensington.com/us/us/7772/k67977ww/verimark-fingerprint-key) looks like a great solution, but ...
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Fingerprint GUI not installing in Ubuntu 20.04
I'm trying to install fingerprint-gui on my Lenovo Ideapad 520 having Ubuntu 20.04 on which fingerprint isn't working for now.
I tried going directly to Settings → Users → Automatic login and enabled ...
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Driver for Validity Sensors Fingerprint scanner
prakhar@pr3d4tOr:~$ lsusb -s 001:003 -v
Bus 001 Device 003: ID 138a:0018 Validity Sensors, Inc. Fingerprint scanner
Couldn't open device, some information will be missing
Device Descriptor:
bLength ...
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I can't use fingerprint sensor in ubuntu 22.04
I can't find fingerprint sensors settings in Ubuntu 22.04 installed on my notebook (XPS 13 Dell). I've tried "settings > Users", but there is no fingerprint option there. Do I have to ...
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How to install finger print driver on lenovo X1 carbon on Ubuntu 16.04
I need to install the finger print driver of my X1 carbon 5th gen on Ubuntu 16.04. Where can I find drivers for Linux distributions?
Here are the outputs of lspci
kasun@kasun-ThinkPad-X1-Carbon-5th:...
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Unlock ubuntu pc using my phone's fingerprint scanner
My ideal app is something like MacID (http://macid.co/) but one that works with either iPhone or Android to unlock my ubuntu pc..
This offers some ways but they are limited to BT for linux. I want ...
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Fingerprint reader in Ubuntu 17.04 on Dell XPS 15 2017
Is it possible to enable the fingerprint reader in Ubuntu 17.04 on a Dell XPS 15 9560 (2017)? How do I do that? I tested Fingerprint GUI, but it says "No Devices Found".
Edit:
➜ ~ lsusb
Bus 002 ...
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Fingerprint login settings not visible in ubuntu 20.04
I am trying to enable fingerprint login in my laptop (Dell Inspiron 7577), running Ubuntu 20.04
I have enabled the setting using sudo pam-auth-update
Also, I installed hw-probe and found the ...
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How to enable fingerprint device for Thinkpad t430s in 12.04?
I followed different tutorials to enable fingerprints reading, but without luck.
Fingerprint GUI keeps saying no device found.
Any help on this?
= Edit Following first answer =
I followed the ...
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VFS 495 finger print reader not working in Ubuntu
I have HP Probook 450 and it has integrated finger print reader VFS 495 from Validity Inc. I have Linux drivers from the HP site. Now I want to make it work it in Ubuntu. The drivers are in rpm format ...
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How do I use the fingerprint scanner on a HP Probook?
I have a fingerprint scanner on my HP Probook Laptop. I'm running Ubuntu 11.10 on it. How do I make use of it?
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Ubuntu 20.04 lts Could not access fingerprint readers
I'm trying to set a Fingerprint login in ubuntu 20.04 but I get this message:
Could not access any fingerprint readers
Please contact your system administrator for help.
I'm thinking that some ...
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How to make fingerprint work on ASUS vivobook s15 S510UQ?
Maybe someone has posted this problem, but this is a more specific explanation. I just bought a new ASUS Vivobook s15 s510uq laptop. Of course, I installed Ubuntu on it. I have tried many tutorials ...
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How to use 27c6:538d Goodix FingerPrint (Dell Inspiron 5490) (Dell Vostro 5590)?
I can see this in lsusb
but cannot find option to use it in users option in setting
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How to use fingerprint reader on Lenovo ThinkPad? Ubuntu 20.04
I have a Thinkpad X380 Yoga running Ubuntu 20.04 freshly installed (I am a complete beginner coming from windows).
I have tried the solution suggested here:
[How do I install a fingerprint reader on ...
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disable fingerprint authentication at login
I have installed fingerprint-GUI using:
sudo apt-add-repository ppa:fingerprint/fingerprint-gui
sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get install libbsapi policykit-1-fingerprint-gui fingerprint-...
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Install Fingerprint Driver 138a:0090 on Ubuntu 16.04 (ThinkPad T460s)
I'm about to config my new fantastic T460s with Ubuntu 16.04 (because of Skylake Kernel issue I've to chose such new version)
I tried to use my fingerprint sensor which is 138a:0090 (lusb)
Fingerprint ...
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How can we enable the fingerprint login in Ubuntu 20.04?
As I know, we don't need to install any library for Ubuntu 20.04 where we can enable by Settings → Users → Authentication & Login.
However, when I try to enable fingerprint login, I'm getting an ...
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Enabling fingerprint login in Xubuntu
I have looked around and found that Ubuntu supports fingerprint reading, but I can't find any information for Xubuntu. I have tried to find the equivalent of Settings → Users → Authentication & ...
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XPS 13 9300 - fingerprint reader - any driver updates?
I have a fingerprint reader and it shows as a Shenzhen Goodix Technology Co.,Ltd. FingerPrint.
However, when I check at this site:
Hardware Probe
Linux Hardware Probe
I find the it fails on this ...
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How do I get the fingerprint reader to work in Ubuntu 21.04? (XPS 15)
I've tried this and this. Following the second linked post, fprintd-enroll spits out Impossible to enroll: GDBus.Error:net.reactivated.Fprint.Error.NoSuchDevice: No devices available
After following ...
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How do I get the fingerprint reader to work on a Lenovo x230 Tablet?
I followed this post: How to enable finger printer with Thinkpad X230
and tried to install software support for my fingerprint reader. But the software does not find it.
This is the message when i ...
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Thinkpad fingerprint scan only at login
I know how to set up the fingerprint reader for my Thinkpad X220 in Ubuntu 11.10.
My question is: Is it possible to only use the fingerprint reader at the LightDM-Login and not when typing "sudo ..." ...
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How to enable finger printer with Thinkpad X230
I am a newbie with Ubuntu and Linux, and I just switched from Windows 8. I have installed 12.04 on my new Lenovo Thinkpad x230. It seems everything else works perfectly except the finger printer. I ...
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How to disable fingerprint login timeout
I have fingerprint scanners on a couple of laptops and a desktop via a usb scanner.
Is it possible to disable the timeout at login time, so that it will wait indefinitely for a fingerprint scan?
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How do I allow both fingerprint and password entry on lock/login screen regardless of prompt type?
I have both fingerprint and password login enabled. However each only works when the corresponding prompt is visible.
When the fingerprint prompt is displayed, entering passwords doesn't work.
When ...
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Gnome/X logs off immediately after login -- which logfiles are relevant?
I've been tinkering with fingerprint-gui as well as X/xrandr resolution settings.
When I start my machine, it boots up normally. As soon as X and gnome have finished starting, it logs me off ...
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Goodix fingerprint driver linux?
Bus 001 Device 003: ID 27c6:5395 Shenzhen Goodix Technology Co.,Ltd. Fingerprint Reader
I am unable to find the driver for this fingerprint scanner.
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Using the fingerprint scanner as middleclick mouse button
On Android, it is possible to reconfigure the fingerprint sensor to some more useful functions, for example with Fingerprint Gestures
Is this possible on Ubuntu too?
(At the moment, I use Ubuntu 18....
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Using fingerprint reader for HP ProBook 138a:003f Validity Sensors
I am using ubuntu 16.04 on HP ProBook 440 G3. It has a finger print reader. lsusb shows this following driver
Bus 001 Device 004: ID 138a:003f Validity Sensors, Inc. VFS495 Fingerprint Reader
But ...
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Xiaomi Fingerprint
I've installed Ubuntu 17.10 on the Xiaomi Notebook Ari 13'3 but I couldn't get the fingerprint function running for logon. The Fingerprint GUI sees no device at all. Maybe there are necessary drivers ...
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Fingerprint GUI doesn't detect fingerprint scanner
I just got a new Asus Zenbook (UX430UA-GV456T), which includes a fingerprint scanner. It works fine for Windows, but when using Fingerprint GUI it simply doesn't detect the device. So I'm assuming I ...
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How to disable sudo authentication via fingerprint in fprint
I have installed fprint for my laptop (thinkpad t450s) and it works very well.
But i mainly want to use it for login, and being able to authenticate sudo with fingerprint is a great addition.
But ...
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Fingerprint Reader Lenovo Thinkpad L13 - Synaptics Driver
I read some of the questions here about the fingerprint reader support.
Here I am asking spcecifically for the Lenovo Thinkpad L13.
I am using Ubuntu 19.10 but I think it would be the same for other ...
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Make the webcam take a picture when an incorrect password is entered or "wrong fingerprint scanned"?
I'm using laptop. And I want to take a photo when an incorrect password is entered or "wrong fingerprint scanned". I just found a question/answer about first part (Can I make the webcam take ...
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Fingerprint reader on Ubuntu 20.04 at HP ENVY 17m-CG0013DX
This is the Reader on my laptop:
Bus 003 Device 003: ID 04f3:0c4c Elan Microelectronics Corp. ELAN:ARM-M4
And I can't find an step by step way to make it work on Ubuntu.
In Fingerprint Activation on ...
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Unlock keyring with fingerprint - Ubuntu 18.10
Ubuntu 18.10 offers the option to login with fingerprint. However, the login does not unlock the gnome keyring, and therefore after a login via fingerprint I have to type the password on the keyboard.
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Could not access "synaptics sensors" device error on ubuntu 20.04 focal fosa
I was trying to register my fingerprint on my Lenovo Thinkpad P43s and while in this process i got this error: GDbus.Error:net.reativated.Fprint.error.internal: Open failed with error: The driver ...
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Fingerprint enrollment works on Ubuntu 20.04, but unable to unlock with fingerprint
After successfully enabling Fingerprint Login on my user and enrolling my thumb, I lock the screen and try to unlock it with my thumb but nothing happens. Rebooting the system didn't help. Looking at ...
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Installing libfprint 0.99.0 using meson and ninja
I'm trying to install libfprint 0.99.0 from here https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/libfprint/libfprint/releases The version available in Ubuntu repos do not support my fingerprint scanner (Elan). There ...
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Is there a fingerprint reader tool available for Ubuntu?
I've got a fingerprint reader (Authentek AES2810) built in to my laptop (Dell Latitude E5500) and would like to take a picture of my fingerprint (not just to use it to log-in or something alike, but ...
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does Lenovo fingerprint reader work in ubuntu?
I'd like to know if anyone out there has a Lenovo laptop with the fingerprint reader. I was wondering if the reader works on ubuntu?
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