How to activate fingerprint on ubuntu 20.04 for login?

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I couldn't able to enable the fingerprint by Settings->Users->Authentication & Login.

When doing like above I getting error like "Could not access any fingerprint readers Please contact your system administrator for help!"

Can anyone help to enable it.

check if you've attached a fingerprint reader and if it doesn't read, you'll need to install a driver. look here askubuntu.com/questions/1232442/… — sarru1291, May 27 '20 at 3:34

RCvaram · Accepted Answer · 2020-05-27 02:40:54Z

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You need to install the fingerprint-gui

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

then launch fingerprint gui

answered May 27 '20 at 2:40

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this solution no longer work for Ubuntu 20.04. – sarru1291 May 27 '20 at 2:58
even I'm not able to use the fingerprint reader. – Dixith naani May 29 '20 at 15:04
@sarru1289 do you know the solution?? – Dixith naani May 29 '20 at 15:05
try this command line method: ubuntu-mate.community/t/fingerprint-login-ubuntu-mate/20852 or ask at the official Ubuntu forum:discourse.ubuntu.com here. Someone will definitely guide you. – sarru1291 May 29 '20 at 17:42

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