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fingerprint reader on ubuntu

Asked by Anbu

    I've a Dell E6430 with fingerprint reader. Cannot get this to work in gnome ubuntu. Installed the fingerprint gui, but it says no fingerprint devices found.

    lsusb output gives this:

    Bus 002 Device 003: ID 0a5c:5801 Broadcom Corp. BCM5880 Secure Applications Processor with fingerprint swipe sensor

    How can i get this to work? Please help

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Mark Rijckenberg (markrijckenberg) said : 		#1

Please read this:

https://launchpad.net/~fingerprint/+archive/ubuntu/fingerprint-gui

fingerprint-gui only supports following fingerprint readers:

Supported readers (run command lsusb to find out the ID of your reader)
============
     045e:00bb 08ff:1683 08ff:2580 08ff:268d
     045e:00bc 08ff:1684 08ff:2660 08ff:268e
     045e:00bd 08ff:1685 08ff:2680 08ff:268f
     045e:00ca 08ff:1686 08ff:2681 08ff:2691
     0483:2015 08ff:1687 08ff:2682 08ff:2810
     0483:2016 08ff:1688 08ff:2683 08ff:5501
     05ba:0007 08ff:1689 08ff:2684 08ff:5731
     05ba:0008 08ff:168a 08ff:2685 138a:0001
     05ba:000a 08ff:168b 08ff:2686 138a:0005
     061a:0110 08ff:168c 08ff:2687 138a:0008
     08ff:1600 08ff:168d 08ff:2688 147e:1000
     08ff:1660 08ff:168e 08ff:2689 147e:2016
     08ff:1680 08ff:168f 08ff:268a 147e:2020
     08ff:1681 08ff:2500 08ff:268b 147e:3001
     08ff:1682 08ff:2550 08ff:268c 1c7a:0603
and
     0483:2015 147e:1003 147e:3000
     0483:2016 147e:2015 147e:3001
     147e:1000 147e:2016 147e:5002
     147e:1001 147e:2020 147e:5003
     147e:1002

And YOUR device 0a5c:5801 is not in that list.

So it is not supported.

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Anbu (anbu-s) said : 		#2

Thanks for your email.
So is there any other program that can support my device's fingerprint reader? Its hard to beleive i cannot use a dell fingerprint reader on ubuntu.!!

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actionparsnip (andrew-woodhead666) said : 		#3

Did you try contacting Dell?

Fingerprint readers not working is hardly significant.

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Anbu (anbu-s) said : 		#4

I did call Dell - no help.
They said my laptop is supposed to have windows and they cannot support linux. They gave me a 1-800 number to call for dell linux support - but its no good. Always says call later.

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Anbu (anbu-s) said : 		#5

any update on this? even with gnome ubuntu 15.04 this problem still exists.

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Matiss Treinis (mrtreinis) said : 		#6

++ affected. This is a major issue, our entire corporate laptop pool has these readers and they are unusable on Ubuntu. WTF.

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actionparsnip (andrew-woodhead666) said : 		#7

You don't have to use them.... I have one on my work laptop and it's never been used. I can log in just fine

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Sk Abdul Raheem (488u) said : 		#8

Could not get UUID!
My dell laptop almost completed fingerprint, I am not able to finish last step..
Because of
Save to Directory_____________
Warning:Conld not get UUID!

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Sk Abdul Raheem (488u) said : 		#9

Could not get UUID!
My dell laptop almost completed fingerprint, I am not able to finish last step..
Because of
Save to Directory_____________
Warning:Conld not get UUID!

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