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Questions relating to hardware fingerprint readers

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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 development notes. It would be great if someone can…
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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 install separately or it is provided by Ubuntu 22.04?
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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 encountred a protocol error with the device. How do i…
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Finger-print reader: No devices found

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…
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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 is an instruction in here…
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Using fingerprint reader from lenevo thinpad T460p

I am trying to use the fingerprint reader from my Lenovo T460p laptop. Doing lsusb I get: Bus 002 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0003 Linux Foundation 3.0 root hub Bus 001 Device 006: ID 058f:9540 Alcor Micro Corp. AU9540 Smartcard Reader Bus 001 Device 005:…
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Fingerprint scanner in my HP Probook is not working

I am using Ubuntu 20.04 LTS in my HP probook 440 G6 which has an in-built fingerprint scanner but it does not work. Settings > User > Authentication and Login is showing no option for fingerprint. What to do?
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How do I configure my machine so that I can log in with a fingerprint?

I setup fingerprint authentication using this howto: http://lauri.vosandi.eu/blog/?p=1069 After this, I can log in using fingerprint and password, but I want to log in using only fingerprint (and using password if finger does not work). Can you…
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FIngerprint sensor not showing on asus x507

lsusb is not showing any sign of fingerprint sensor n@thing:~$ lsusb Bus 002 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0003 Linux Foundation 3.0 root hub Bus 001 Device 003: ID 0bda:b719 Realtek Semiconductor Corp. Bus 001 Device 002: ID 13d3:5a01 IMC Networks Bus 001…
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Fingerprint reader for LG Gram

When will fingerprint reading be supported for LG Gram laptops? Currently it is not supported. I looked up lsusb but the IDs listed there are not included in the fingerprint supported devices listed here...
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how to setup external fingerprint device in Ubuntu

I need help to setup external fingerprint device in Ubuntu fingerprint device brand morpho model msf1300e or mantra mfs 100
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fingerprint-gui stucks on first repeat with errcode -22

my fresh installed fingerprint-gui stucks when I try to register my fingers. The first scan gives a green tick, but when the program asks me to repeat the step the scanner wont scan it. Normally the scanner blinks green when reading, but not after…
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How to set-up/enable Fingerprint sensor?

I have recently installed Ubuntu 12.04 LTS on my HP dm4-2180 laptop. I wanted to know if there is a way to enable/set-up the Fingerprint sensor. I read through a few related thread and understand that not all make and models have Fingerprint plugins…
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Fingerprint scanner "device claimed by other process"

I have seen plenty of people with their system not recognizing their finger print scanner, but that's not what's happening here. My system recognizes my scanner and lets me get one swipe in trying to set up finger print login, then it fails and…
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Fingerprint device disconnected

When I tried to enroll fingerprint it says Fingerprint device disconnected. But it is working on Windows. I have tried to find a solution over internet but I couldn't find one. I am using Ubuntu 20.04 on Asus Vivobook pro sudo lsusb Bus 004 Device…
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