fingerprint scanner on Linux Mint?

[Ashleyyyy]

hello,

 

i bought a used hp elitebook, which has a fingerprint scanner on it. i'm running Linux Mint 18.3 on it, but i can't figure out how to get the scanner to work. 

 

does itr just have no support for linux?

[Fourthdwarf]

If there is support for it, it will likely be part of fprint (package libpam_fprint), which is a PAM module (authentication module).

[Ashleyyyy]

35 minutes ago, Fourthdwarf said:

If there is support for it, it will likely be part of fprint (package libpam_fprint), which is a PAM module (authentication module).

so if i install that how do i configure it?

[wasab]

Isn’t the driver install in the kernel? If not, then Linux doesn’t support it our of the box and you will need workarounds which night or might not exist

[Ashleyyyy]

4 hours ago, wasab said:

Isn’t the driver install in the kernel? If not, then Linux doesn’t support it our of the box and you will need workarounds which night or might not exist

yeah, i was worried about that..  i installed Ubuntu 17.10 on it because i don't like Mint that much, and it doesn't work on that either. 

[wasab]

55 minutes ago, firelighter487 said:

yeah, i was worried about that..  i installed Ubuntu 17.10 on it because i don't like Mint that much, and it doesn't work on that either. 

On Linux, everything tend to work out of the box. Printer, WiFi adaptor ect. You don’t need to install drivers like on windows because everything is in the kernel. If it doesn’t work on your machine, you just have to give up.

[vorticalbox]

On 09/03/2018 at 9:04 PM, wasab said:

On Linux, everything tend to work out of the box. Printer, WiFi adaptor ect. You don’t need to install drivers like on windows because everything is in the kernel. If it doesn’t work on your machine, you just have to give up.

Does work out of the box, just give up.

 

No that's not any attitude to have. 

 

@firelighter487 have a look in the user settings my work laptop had options to scan a finger print there

[Clipsey]

@firelighter487 Can you tell me the output of lsusb, in the terminal?

[Ashleyyyy]

28 minutes ago, Clipsey said:

@firelighter487 Can you tell me the output of lsusb, in the terminal?

i think you mean this device: 

 

Validity Sensors, Inc. VFS491

[Clipsey]

Just now, firelighter487 said:

i think you mean this device: 

 

Validity Sensors, Inc. VFS491

What's the ID listed before the name?

[Ashleyyyy]

Just now, Clipsey said:

What's the ID listed before the name?

ID 138a:003d

[Clipsey]

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

Try running this, if it doesn't work you'll need to do a lot of extra work with compilation and such to get the sensor to work.

[Clipsey]

2 minutes ago, Clipsey said:

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

Try running this, if it doesn't work you'll need to do a lot of extra work with compilation and such to get the sensor to work.

Oh, also when you've run the command you need to log out, log back in and run Fingerprint GUI. @firelighter487

[Ashleyyyy]

4 hours ago, Clipsey said:

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

Try running this, if it doesn't work you'll need to do a lot of extra work with compilation and such to get the sensor to work.

ran it, and it says that it can't detect the sensor, but in the list below it does show up.. 

[Clipsey]

You're a little in the deep end, sorry.
The fingerprint sensor on the laptop is unsupported currently. So you'll need to wait for someone to add support.

[Ashleyyyy]

8 minutes ago, Clipsey said:

You're a little in the deep end, sorry.
The fingerprint sensor on the laptop is unsupported currently. So you'll need to wait for someone to add support.

oh okay. that makes sense..