I would like to buy Linux-supported fingerprint reader for desktop computer. Launchpad page for fingerprint-gui shows only list of supported device ids.
How to find out which devices they correspond to? Thank you in advance.
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linux-usb.org/usb.ids or usb-ids.gowdy.us/read/UD– ridgyDec 22, 2017 at 14:42
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I suggest that you Google the usb.id. The list of supported devices is shown here: https://launchpad.net/~fingerprint/+archive/ubuntu/fingerprint-gui When I search for the first listed usb.id, 045e:00bb , I find this site: https://www.freedesktop.org/wiki/Software/fprint/libfprint/Supported_devices/
It lists Vendor ID of 045e and Device ID 00bb as a Microsoft Keyboard with Fingerprint Reader.
Not every supported device is listed there; for example, 138a:0011. A Google search finds this: Driver for VFS5011 Fingerprint Reader on Dell Vostro 3550 and this: https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Dell_Vostro_3360#Fingerprint_Reader We conclude, then, that the usb.id in question is associated with Dell Vostro 3550 and 3360 and, presumably, other similar Dells.
