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I recently installed ubuntu 16.04 in my asus vivobook flip 14 tp410uar notebook which has an built-in finger-print reader. According to this Q/A I installed fingerprint-gui. But after launching the software it says

No Devices Found!

What to do now? I have tried other ways like installing fprint-demo. which also says the same thing. How can I detect my finger-print sensor?

image of the fingerprint-gui window

lsusb output:

Bus 002 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0003 Linux Foundation 3.0 root hub
Bus 001 Device 005: ID 8087:0a2b Intel Corp. 
Bus 001 Device 004: ID 04f3:2672 Elan Microelectronics Corp. 
Bus 001 Device 003: ID 13d3:5a03 IMC Networks 
Bus 001 Device 002: ID 0bda:0129 Realtek Semiconductor Corp. RTS5129 Card Reader Controller
Bus 001 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub
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    Not all fingerprint sensors are supported by linux. You can check what specific sensor you have by looking into lsusb output and try to search if some solution exist. – Pilot6 Feb 28 '19 at 18:41
  • Most likely 04f3:2672 Elan Microelectronics Corp. is your sensor. As far as I know, it's not supported yet. – Pilot6 Mar 01 '19 at 17:29
  • It seems like most modern readers aren't supported because: 1. there's not a lot of developer interest and 2. the companies providing the readers don't want to provide OSS drivers/modules as they consider it a possible vector to expose weaknesses in their designs. I've got a Quanta Computer reader in my notebook which will probably just be a decoration for years to come. – Kagetsuki Mar 01 '19 at 17:50
  • Gain more information with sudo lshw, and read man lshw for more options. – waltinator Mar 01 '19 at 18:19
  • Even I am facing this same issue in lenovo ThinkPad series – Akhil Surapuram Jul 08 '19 at 01:58

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