[fprint] Change blocking login dialog in to passive dialog please

[Wolfgang Ullrich]

...You should have a look at fingerprint-gui:
http://www.pdfserver.net/fingerprint

W.U.

> Hello,
> 
> I have a suggestion/request for improving logging in using one's fingerprint 
> unsing the graphical login.
> 
> The normal process of logging in using one's fingerprint happens like this:
> 1)  The computer boots into the graphical login and presents the user an 
> opportunity to log in.
> 2)  Instead of entering a password to log in, the user presses the "Enter" 
> key.
> 3)  A dialog box appears that reads "Scan right index finger on UPEK Eikon 2" 
> with only a single button labeled "OK", and the fingerprint reader lights up.  
> At this point, the fingerprint reader passively refuses to read a fingerprint.  
> The fingerprint reader will not begin scanning any fingerprints until the user 
> clicks the "OK" button in the dialog.
> 4)  The user clicks the "OK" button in the dialog, and the fingerprint reader 
> is ready to begin accepting fingerprint scans.
> 5)  The dialog box disappears.
> 6)  The user scans their fingerprint and login is completed upon a successfully 
> validated scan.
> 
> This process flow has a problem at Step 3.  I suggest and request that instead 
> of presenting the user with a dialog box that REQUIRES clicking the "OK" 
> button BEFORE the user can proceed with scanning their finger, instead a 
> passive dialog is presented with no buttons that DOES NOT BLOCK THE USER from 
> beginning the scan, and automatically disappears after about 3 to 5 seconds 
> (or sooner if a valid scan is completed before the timeout).
> 
> 
> Here are details about my computer:
> *  Lenovo X220 laptop with "147e:2016 Upek Biometric Touchchip/Touchstrip 
> Fingerprint Sensor"
> *  openSUSE 12.1 for x86_64
> *  kernel-desktop v3.1.10-1.9.1
> *  libfprint0 v0.3.0-7.1.3
> *  yast2-fingerprint-reader
> *  xorg-x11 v7.6-67.3.1
> *  xorg-x11-server v7.6_1.10.4-36.2.1
> 
> 
> Since I am not a Linux programmer, please excuse me if my suggestion should go 
> to somewhere else, and point me to where I should post my suggestion/request.
> ---
> Thanks,
> Max
> 
> 
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Wolfgang Ullrich

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