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I am using Ubuntu 19.10 in Asus X510UN. Using the lsusb command I can't find Fingerprint Device, and it's even showing no device found in fprintd-enroll. I have built-in fingerprint reader in my touchpad.

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Is your device on this list? https://fprint.freedesktop.org/supported-devices.html

I see a lot of elantech devices on the list that are fprintd-enroll supported.

Other options instead of fprint look like fingerprint-gui https://launchpad.net/~fingerprint/+archive/ubuntu/fingerprint-gui

Which supports these devices: https://fprint.freedesktop.org/supported-devices.html

Or thinkfinger which is only think pads: http://www.thinkwiki.org/wiki/Integrated_Fingerprint_Reader#Software_support

I have a Lenovo L380 and am still looking for a package that supports my Synaptics fingerprint reader. I'm kind of a newbie myself so I'm still learning things but that is where I would start looking.

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    If you can get lsusb to list your fingerprint you may be able to add a driver request to fdprint here: gitlab.freedesktop.org/libfprint/libfprint/…
    – Lucas Johnson
    Nov 2, 2019 at 0:06
  • My Ubuntu not Even Showing that there is fingerprint reader in my Laptop... When i use lsusb in terminal it only shows about USB and other devices but Not Fingerprint.
    – Lucky Bairagi
    Nov 2, 2019 at 19:01
  • Broadcom fingerprint readers (e.g. used in some Dell laptops, such as Latitude 7300) don't seem to be well supported yet by fprint. I filed another request there: gitlab.freedesktop.org/libfprint/libfprint/issues/221
    – mfg
    Dec 28, 2019 at 12:48
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My Ubuntu not Even Showing that there is fingerprint reader in my Laptop... When i use lsusb in terminal it only shows about USB and other devices but Not Fingerprint.

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As Lucas suggests, check if your device is supported. If not, it might be under development at the fprintd project. You kernel might not show a fingerprint device, you could try a newer kernel to see if there is a difference.

To identify your device, check for any device ID in the lsusb output that has no name behind it.

Mine shows: Bus 001 Device 003: ID 27c6:538c Shenzhen Goodix Technology Co.,Ltd. Fingerprint Reader

It's showing the device but it does't work in fprintd-enroll either because no driver is loaded. If your device starts with 27c6 it's likely a Goodix too.

Check with that at the project page if a driver might be under development: https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/libfprint/libfprint/issues?scope=all&utf8=%E2%9C%93&state=opened&search=27c6 and if possible try to help out in any way.

With a bit of luck a driver may be coming from Dell, but that's not certain. A Goodix device is apparently in the Dell Precision 5530 and they support Linux on it, but it might be the model without that ( like in previous versions).

This suggests: https://certification.ubuntu.com/catalog/component/27c6:538c for example for this one: https://certification.ubuntu.com/hardware/201807-26295 that the mentioned fingerprint reader is supported by the 4.15 oem kernel.

You could try to build it from: https://code.launchpad.net/~canonical-kernel/ubuntu/+source/linux-oem/+git/bionic/+ref/oem or add the Dell repo to find the Dell shipped oem kernel.

I hope that helps!

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Update 2020

If you need an official package, Upgrade to ubuntu 20.10, Fingerprint is now supported in the latest version Here

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