[fprint] Using fprintd on the Lenovo T460P

[Vasily Khoruzhick]

Hi Kayvan,

On Wed, Jul 13, 2016 at 7:20 PM, Kayvan Sylvan
<kayvan.sylvan+fprint at gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi everyone,
>
> Looks like the fingerprint reader on the Lenovo T460P is not in the
> supported list:
> https://www.freedesktop.org/wiki/Software/fprint/libfprint/Supported_devices/
>
> I'm running Fedora 24, with the latest updates, and I have this installed:
>
> $ rpm -qa | grep fprint
> fprintd-pam-0.6.0-4.fc24.x86_64
> fprintd-0.6.0-4.fc24.x86_64
> libfprint-0.6.0-3.fc24.x86_64
>
> And lsusb shows this info:
>
> $ lsusb
> Bus 002 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0003 Linux Foundation
> Bus 001 Device 006: ID 058f:9540 Alcor Micro Corp. AU9540 Smartcard Reader
> Bus 001 Device 005: ID 04f2:b541 Chicony Electronics Co., Ltd
> Bus 001 Device 004: ID 8087:0a2b Intel Corp.
> Bus 001 Device 003: ID 138a:0090 Validity Sensors, Inc.
> Bus 001 Device 002: ID 17ef:6039 Lenovo
> Bus 001 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation
>
> I'm guessing that the "Validity Sensors, Inc." device is the correct one.
>
> What do I need to do to make the fingerprint reader on this laptop work?

Your device is not supported at the moment, and prospects are unclear.
Synaptics (they acquired Validity a while ago) hasn't responded to my
inquiry about device datasheet.

> Thanks!

Regards,
Vasiliy

>
> ---Kayvan
>
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