[fprint] T530 Device not seen in FC20

Bastien Nocera hadess at hadess.net
Wed Oct 29 01:55:24 PDT 2014


On Tue, 2014-10-28 at 18:54 -0400, Brian Bouterse wrote:
> I have a ThinkPad T530 laptop. I have installed libfprint, fprintd,
> and the demo example on Fedora 20. I was able to run the demo, and it
> showed me the GUI. However at the bottom I see 'Status: No devices
> found'.
> 
> 
> I believe I have a fingerprint scanner. Most photos have a small
> rectangle with a light, but mine is a small square to the right of the
> trackpad.
> 
> 
> Here is my output from lsusb:
> 
> 
> Bus 002 Device 002: ID 8087:0024 Intel Corp. Integrated Rate Matching
> Hub
> Bus 002 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub
> Bus 001 Device 005: ID 5986:02d2 Acer, Inc 
> Bus 001 Device 004: ID 0a5c:21e6 Broadcom Corp. BCM20702 Bluetooth 4.0
> [ThinkPad]
> Bus 001 Device 003: ID 2687:fb01  
> Bus 001 Device 002: ID 8087:0024 Intel Corp. Integrated Rate Matching
> Hub
> Bus 001 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub
> Bus 004 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0003 Linux Foundation 3.0 root hub
> Bus 003 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub
> 
> 
> The end of this thread [0] says that the broadcom is likely the right
> one,

The only Broadcom device I see in the list above is a Bluetooth adapter,
not a fingerprint reader. And the device without a name is a Fitbit.

>  but that my system isn't recognizing it as a device. What is the
> state of T530 ThinkPad support, and how can I get some fingerprint
> awesomeness going?

Looks like you don't have a fingerprint reader, or it's disabled, or
it's not a USB one. Does it work in Windows?

Cheers



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