How to use Finger Print sensor?

Question

i am using ubuntu 11.10 on my aspire 5237g i am having finger print reader in built with touch-pad. i am not able to use that . if someone provide me package details and installation procedure . i am posting result of lsusb cmd

Can anyone Suggest me what i have to do for using finger print sensor in ubuntu 11.10

Answer 1

Fingerprint authentication for Ubuntu based on fprintd

Add this PPA to your sources:

sudo add-apt-repository ppa:fingerprint/fprint

Update your package list and system

sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get upgrade

Install the software:

sudo apt-get install libfprint0 fprint-demo libpam-fprintd gksu-polkit

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Answer 2

your best bet is to find the hardware id for your device and google for the right right and settings, you can use lspci or lsusb, considering the fact that it's a touchpad probably it use the usb bus and lsusb can give you an answer to start from.