I got a T480 recently, and I am trying to use the Fingerprint reader on it. I installed fprintd and then ran fprintd-enroll but it hasn't worked as it says it can't find any device.
I'm really new to Linux, but would love to get my fingerprint reader working. I'm on 18.04.
I have gotten fingerprint login working on 18.04 and the sensor which comes with a T480s by using the python-validity project.
The basic install steps are
fprintdsudo apt remove fprintd
sudo add-apt-repository ppa:uunicorn/open-fprintd
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt install open-fprintd fprintd-clients python3-validity
fprintd-enroll -f fprintd-enroll -f right-index-finger
sudo pam-auth-update
I have configured a fingerprint scanner on a Lenovo laptop. I used fprintd in order to get it working. I don't remember exactly what I did, but it is better to try this than nothing:
After you have installed fprintd, try to go in gnome-control-panel (I did it in Ubuntu 18.04, so if you are using a different distro it probably won't work). Scroll to the bottom and go to Details > Users > your user > between "automatic login" and "last login", I have an option that says "Login with fingerprint : Turned on". It might not have been so easy when I did it, but I don't remember what I did to configure it, so I don't have a good solution.
I would also try to reboot and try the enroll command again.
