Ubuntu :: System Behaves Strangely Whenever I Log In Via Fingerprint Reader (AES2501) / What To Do?
Jun 12, 2010
I've recently noticed that whenever I log in via fingerprint reader (AES2501), my system behaves strangely.
For example, the Gnome panels take almost a full minute to appear after everything else has been loaded, and there's no NetworkManager icon in the panel - even though nm-applet (and thus NetworkManager) is running as shown by top; that can be (partially) solved by killing NetworkManager, restarting dbus, and then manually running NetworkManager.
None of that happens when logging in using a password.
Short of not using my fingerprint reader, what can I do?
I have followed this guide to setup automatic screen rotation on a fresh installation of Maverick on a Lenovo X200t. This involves creating the file:
Code: $cat /etc/acpi/events/x200t-swivel-down # /etc/acpi/events/x200t-swivel-down # called when tablet head swivels down event=ibm/hotkey HKEY 00000080 00005009 action=/etc/acpi/x200t-swivel-down.sh and the script
Code: $cat /etc/acpi/x200t-swivel-down.sh #!/bin/sh /usr/bin/xrandr -o inverted touch /home/nikos/Desktop/swivel-down xsetwacom set "Serial Wacom Tablet stylus" Rotate half xsetwacom set "Serial Wacom Tablet touch" Rotate half xsetwacom set "Serial Wacom Tablet eraser" Rotate half (similar for swivel-up)
What I find strange: - calling the script with ./x200t-swivel-down.sh works (both with and without sudo). - rotating the screen to tablet mode only executes the touch commands (which I entered for debugging)
Obviously, the acpi event is registered correctly and reacted upon. Just why are the xrandr and xsetwacom commands ignored?
I just installed openSUSE 11.2 KDE when I tried to enable fingerprint authentication yast didn't ask me to swipe my finger it was working properly on GNOME.
i attach microsoft fingerprint reader but in linux os when i compile my program dev : not device found error occurethis is usb device if i want to load driver module then what to do i use dpfc lib
Does any one know about fingerprint in HP dv4 to work.
fprint is installed but didnot detect the reader.
Code: lsusb Bus 007 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub Bus 005 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub Bus 003 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub Bus 006 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
I am working on a project that requires fingerprint reader support. So, I installed the libfprint and libfprint-devel packages on my Fedora 14 system, to support my Authentec AES 2501 fingerprint reader. I know that my device is alright because it is working fine on the Windows 7 installed on the same system. In fedora, the fingerprint reader is recognized, when I run the fprintd-enroll command. The prompt to enroll the fingerprint is displayed on terminal. But, it just stands when I swipe my finger. I have tried everything but cannot resolve the issue. The output of usb-devices command shows "Driver=none" under fingerprint sensor usb device. But, I have the libfprint installed.
I have a DigitalPersona U.are.U 4000 Fingerprint Reader. I can run fprintd-enroll, and the device turns on, but it does not recognise anything that touches it. 'yum install *fprint*'
Digital Persona Fingerprint reader is not working on dell 1535. I am using fedora 13 64 bit edition. I have tried using lsusb |grep -i finger but nothing has come up. I have installed all the fprintd packages but still no luck.
I have been struggling to try to get a fingerprint reader working for CentOS 5.X. It seems that everything I read refers me to BioAPI-1.2.2 and pam_bioapi. I currently have an older model of a UPEK fingerprint reader and downloaded the SDK that is compatible with the model, but have not quite made it that far. I can't seem to get the BioAPI to install and compile properly.
From what i've read is that the BioAPI is so old that the code just isn't compatible with CentOS 5.X, only 4.X and other early OS's. Does anybody have any tips for me or suggestions for a desktop fingerprint reader for CentOS 5.X? (yes i have thought about other distros, but it's not my choice, its the head honcho)
I am pretty new to Linux, but I've been installing it on different systems for a month or so, using different distro's, and this is the first problem where I absolutely can not find a single relevant answer in Google. I recently bought an IBM Thinkcentre and set it up to dual boot Mint and windows xp, it worked great everything works except usb's.
#PROBLEM: The ports only recognize devices of any kind (controllers, mouse, flash drive, external hd) if they plugged in before booting, or if they are plugged in while the computer is sleeping.
- The usb's are recognized normally in Windows XP I tried running different live cd's (Fedora, openSUSE, ubuntu) and they all had the same problem (could this be an issue with the defualt linux 2.6 kernel not working properly with my hardware? if so I dont know what to do next) I reinstalled a newer version of Mint... same problem.
When run it compares the public ip address against a file (ipAddress.txt) to basically determine if I am on my VPN or not. If I am not, i.e. it finds my public ip in the ipAddress.txt file it is supposed to exit otherwise it launches firefox with the given URL.
I have tested this by running from cmd line and running from the crontab. Running from the cmd line I can start the script, let it launch the first URL, then i disconnect from the VPN and the next time it goes through the loop it detects that my VPN has disconnected and kills the script. However, from the cron job if I have disconnected from the vpn I have found that it even though it finds my public ip address within the ipAddress.txt file it still marches right through to the next step in the script and launces the browser and will do this over and over.
I'm a new user of openSUSE and just installed it on my HP DV6 computer. I've upgraded to Tumbleweed although the problem exists in base openSUSE 11.4 as well, whenever I'm typing sometimes it seems that a particular key(Most likely the last one) get's sort of "stuck" automatically and gets repeated 10-12 times. This problem did not exist in Windows, Ubuntu or Fedora.
I have openSUSE 11.2, 64 bits. I use Evince from the very beginning. Since a few weeks, when I want to open a .pdf file, Acrobat Reader appears and reads my file. It seems to have become the default reader now. However, I never wanted to change from Evince :this simple program is well enough for me. I tried various ways, but I can't define Evince as my default .pdf reader. How can I make Evince to become my default reader again please ?
Yesterday I installed Debian 6 on my Macbook, with dualboot. Everything is working fine, except for the keyboard. As I'm typing, I see the mouse arrow moving a bit and strange things happen, such as text under the arrow being highlighted or clicked.
Other things as Right-Click, selecting text and other mouse-related events also happen. Pretty much all the mouse events are randomly fired while I'm typing on the keyboard.
It's being really hard to type like this. Anyone have any ideas of what might be the cause and how I can fix this?
im interested to know how to change fingerprint ?Linux (Ubuntu) look like WindowsLinux kernel 2.6 look like Linux 2.4 ----apache 2.2 look like apache 1.3apache look like IIS apache look like "BLABLABLA"
configuring/enabling the fingerprint log-on feature in ubuntu 10.04 64 bit version on hp dv6 notebook. i tried the think finger tool to configure it but i couldn't do that as it fails to detect the scanning device.
First off is there any way to configure ubuntu to log in with a password, fingerprint and usb token? Secondly what is the difference between the standard home folder encryption and the alternate install encryption?
Thirdly is it possible on new external hard drives that incorporate thumb scanners to install truecrypt on these? Fourthly does anyone here on ubuntu forums use lastpass with the 'yubikey' device-does it work well on ubuntu? And fifthly are ironkey usb keys worth the money or are they a scam?
I have a thinkpad T510i with fingerprint reader. The device is detected by opensuse 11.4. I have enabled the reader in yast, went to the user management, selected my user and started the fingerprint plugin to read my fingerprint. The readers green led is on and it asks me to move my index over the reader. When I do this, it says registering fingerprint done, do it again, Sucessful prints: 1 (the equivalent in german). Ok, I do it again and the message changes to Successful prints: 2 and so on until it says fingerprint was sucessfully registered. And now? This is all i get:
Code:
$ su - joba Could not locate any suitable fingerprints matched with available hardware. Passwort:
I cant find fingerprints anywhere on the disk. Where should they be located? What names would the files have?
Since yesterday my sudo doesn't work with my fingerprintreader anymore. su and GDM still do. sudo just asks me for the password instead of asking for a finger-swipe. AFAIR I changed nothing, but I accidentally forwarded the USB-Port on which the scanner is connected to VMware. I disconnected it, but maybe there could be the problem. Fedora 12 x64, Thinkpad T61 integrated Fingerreader.
I have installed openSuSE 11.2 and my fingerprint reader have been detected on Hardware Information. But when I try to enable it on "Fingerprint Reader", it throws an error: Cannot write PAM settings as you can see on the following pic:
How to get a built in fingerprint scanner to work with linux? the device was installed on my laptop when i initially ordered it, i have a dell studio 1735 (i think its 1735) and i would like to use it with my linux. by the way im running mandriva.
I have a strange problem. Since the installation of my system, my fingerprint device has been found, but I never intended to use. Months later I wanted to try libfprint and fprintd and successfully compiled it. But when I started the fprint_demo program it said no device found. Then I typed lsusb and saw my Fingerprint device was missing.
Why doesn't my laptop's built-in fingerprint scanner work in GNOME? It's fairly common (manufactured by UPEK) and I've tried fprintd and thinkfinger to no avail. The latter seems to be built for USB-attached devices and fails to find any device and the former installs and runs fine, but fails to recognize any fingerprints.
Using either fprintd-enroll or the GNOME "About Me" panel, fprintd will gladly register my fingerprint, but no amount of swiping will get it to actually recognize it afterwards. I try re-installing it every new update, but same results, what's going on?
