Using Fingerprint reader in 16.04
Solution 1
You need the fingerprint-gui
package, its installation is described at Fingerprint GUI launchpad page and reproduced below:
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Add PP and install
fingerprint-gui
and other required packagessudo add-apt-repository ppa:fingerprint/fingerprint-gui sudo apt update sudo apt install libbsapi policykit-1-fingerprint-gui fingerprint-gui
Log out of your session and log back in.
- Launch “Fingerprint GUI” and enrol your fingerprints.
Please note: I've used fingerprint readers on various laptops before, they are not very reliable so make sure you don't configure it to be the only source of authentication. It's best to add it on top of passwords as well or you may get locked out at some point.
Solution 2
For fingerprint reader 138a:003f
VFS 495
this was not sufficient. Many other things had to be installed in certain ways. Refer to this for a full guide.
Working on 16.04 on HP Probook 450
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Updated on September 18, 2022Comments
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user227495 over 1 year
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 Bus 002 Device 002: ID 8087:0024 Intel Corp. Integrated Rate Matching Hub Bus 002 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub Bus 004 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0003 Linux Foundation 3.0 root hub Bus 003 Device 002: ID 046d:c077 Logitech, Inc. M105 Optical Mouse Bus 003 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub Bus 001 Device 004: ID 05ca:1820 Ricoh Co., Ltd Integrated Webcam Bus 001 Device 003: ID 0a5c:21bc Broadcom Corp. BCM2070 Bluetooth 2.1 + EDR Bus 001 Device 002: ID 8087:0024 Intel Corp. Integrated Rate Matching Hub Bus 001 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub
Is it possible to use fingerprint scanning instead of traditional login with 16.04 and Unity ? Thanks.
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derHugo over 6 yearsInstead of only linking to another answer it would have been better to flag the question as duplicate of the other question on which you answered.
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Mina Michael over 6 yearssuit yourself. It came to my mind but well this question was here first. I dunno. Also make sure that the hardware is exactly identical in both questions.
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Nearoo over 5 yearsfails on Yoga 720
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Akhil Surapuram almost 5 yearsfails on Thinkpad series
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Maxwel Leite over 4 yearsWorks like a charm on old DigitalPersona 4000B!!! Also works not using GUI version: askubuntu.com/a/1082465/139248
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Mario over 4 yearsMy fingerprint reader on a Dell Latitude 7300 with Ubuntu 19.10 currently doesn't seem to be supported. However, I filed a driver request issue at: gitlab.freedesktop.org/libfprint/libfprint/… . Also consider some efforts to get security devices working on Dell laptops: github.com/jacekkow/controlvault2-nfc-enable
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Matěj Kříž about 4 years@AkhilSurapuram it work OK on Lenovo ThinkPad T430s
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Akhil Surapuram about 4 yearsI am using L480 and it is not working @MatějKříž
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Akhil Surapuram about 4 yearsit says not devices found
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Reyansh Kharga almost 4 yearsE: Unable to locate package policykit-1-fingerprint-gui E: Unable to locate package fingerprint-gui on Acer Swift3