Linux FingerPrint Reader on Intrepid.

[b00gieMan]

Hey fellas..

As the thread title says...

Anybody tried and succeded in installing fingerprint reader on intrepid??

Anybody using Intrepid on their laptops with fp readers.. ??

Went thru THIS .. but not that helpfull and not proper so dint perform the steps..

... Any ideas?

 

[vishalrao]

there is this project called "fprint" check it out.... it used to barely work with my AuthenTec AES1610 fingerprint reader but they dropped support in recent release...

 

[Dark Star]

I think only openSUSE has support for it ? :S

 

[b00gieMan]

wtf?? :S so i cant get my FP reader on my studio 15 work with ubuntu? :S

..any work around for ThinkFinger ???

there is this project called "fprint" check it out.... it used to barely work with my AuthenTec AES1610 fingerprint reader but they dropped support in recent release...

I think only openSUSE has support for it ? :S

 

[vishalrao]

Yea this thread seems to indicate the studio 15 might not be supported... [ubuntu] Fingerprint reader - Ubuntu Forums

Fedora 11 is supposed to have some sort of fingerprint support, but again if the device isnt supported...

 

[b00gieMan]

Yea, the guy from UF tried it and seems it doesnt work with Fprint as well.. mebbe i'll try giving it a try on my studio and see if its working Intrepid now.

Yea this thread seems to indicate the studio 15 might not be supported... [ubuntu] Fingerprint reader - Ubuntu Forums

Fedora 11 is supposed to have some sort of fingerprint support, but again if the device isnt supported...

 

[b00gieMan]

Tried with fprint.. its not even detecting the device.. ...Anyway..

 

[gforce]

What brand/model of fp reader is on that Dell? Thinkfinger's readme does mention Dell along with the usual Thinkpads and Toshibas, so there might be some hope after all.

 

[b00gieMan]

Studio 15 uses Authentec Biometric Fingreprint Reader AES2810

What brand/model of fp reader is on that Dell? Thinkfinger's readme does mention Dell along with the usual Thinkpads and Toshibas, so there might be some hope after all.

 

[cool_cat]

I think with a custom kernel enabling finger print identification support ,this can be possible.

look in Linux Kernel Newbies - Linux Kernel Newbies

EDIT:

Unsupported devices - fprint project

I think ,you have to wait for a month or two atleast for the developers to figure out the encrypted protocol used.the hardware vendor (as I explained elsewhere) shows their adamant nature of closing support for non-window$ operating systems here.