Tell me more ×
Ask Ubuntu is a question and answer site for Ubuntu users and developers. It's 100% free, no registration required.
up vote 8 down vote favorite
3

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 let me know.

Thanks

share|improve this question

4 Answers

up vote 8 down vote accepted

Fingerprint GUI is working just fine in Ubuntu 12.04 Beta1 (LightDM). You can log in, unlock screen, and authenticate everything in the GUI and also "sudo's" in a terminal. I'm using it on an old ThinkPad R52 with integrated SGS Thomson Microelectronics Fingerprint Reader.

Install instructions: Fingerprint GUI

share|improve this answer
1  
Thanks. It installs fine. Unfortunately, my fingerprint module for dell is not supported . the ID is 138a:0008. It is not in the list of supported devices. Let me know if there is anyother way i can enable the support. Regards. – Ubuntuser Mar 17 '12 at 1:57
Link to how it can be done for dell vostro 3300 laptops : tuxtrix.com/2012/05/how-to-activate-validity-fingerprint.html – Ubuntuser May 29 '12 at 14:56
No device found for Thinkpad t430s.. :( Any help somewhere? – Piero Sep 27 '12 at 7:55
Works perfectly for me using Ubuntu 12.04 x64 on a Thinkpad T510. – Enigma Oct 26 '12 at 18:56
Thanks! This worked like a charm in 12.04 64bit x220. – linuxk Mar 8 at 3:17
up vote 2 down vote

This is available in the repositories as well a sourcefourge

libpam-thinkfinger

ThinkFinger is a driver for the UPEK/STMicroelectronics fingerprint reader. The device is usually found either as a standalone USB device, built into USB keyboards or built into laptops (usually from Dell, IBM/Lenovo and Toshiba).

pam_thinkfinger is a Pluggable Authentication Module that allows the user authenticates through his fingerprint.

The recommended package thinkfinger-tools can be used to acquire, verify and automatically store user fingerprints.

Homepage: http://thinkfinger.sourceforge.net

PAM wiki

share|improve this answer
this is a very old program. will it work in 12.04? it was last updated in 2007. also, its not in the repositories. – Ubuntuser Mar 10 '12 at 21:57
up vote 1 down vote

This has worked flawlessly for me through Ubuntu 12.04/12.10 with an SGS Thomson Microelectronics Fingerprint Reader.

sudo add-apt-repository ppa:fingerprint/fingerprint-gui
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install libbsapi policykit-1-fingerprint-gui fingerprint-gui

Exit your session, login again and run Fingerprint GUI to set it up [0483:2016]

All credit to the authors. Hope it works as well for you guys. Stay black, y'all.

share|improve this answer
up vote 0 down vote

There is an issue with 1.05 under Ubuntu 10.04 with upek devices. I am using 147e:2016 Upek Biometric Touchchip/Touchstrip Fingerprint Sensor on some hosts and a Lenovo W520. Creating the symbolic links:

cd /usr/lib
ls -l libbs*
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 4219952 Oct  9  2011 libbsapi.so
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root      20 May 14 09:00 libbsapi.so.4.0 -> /usr/lib/libbsapi.so
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root      15 May 14 09:05 libbsapi.so.4.3 -> libbsapi.so.4.0

as described in

http://darkblue.homeip.net/fingerprint/Forum/topic.php?TopicId=303&Posts=7

fixes the problem. My old fingerprints are recognized, I can register new ones without an endless loop in fingerprint-gui and it accepts all fingers during login or sudo and not only the leftmost one.

share|improve this answer

Your Answer

 
discard

By posting your answer, you agree to the privacy policy and terms of service.

Not the answer you're looking for? Browse other questions tagged or ask your own question.