Finger print reader

[theWayner]

Does F9 allow for reading your finger print instead of password or is this in the next generation of Fedora? I am using F9 on a HP dv6500 notebook. If what do I need to install?

Thanks

[M4rc0]

Yes it does.

Try thinkfinger in this link.

Working perfectly here with my Dell XPS m1530.
(well, it would be 100% perfect if would work with E17 lock screen but meh)

[theWayner]

Thanks,

I dnloaded into F9, it seemed to install but when I rebooted nothing. Am I missing something?

[M4rc0]

Yes you are

You need to configure now, try:

tf-tool

on a terminal as root

The instructions are here.

[theWayner]

Thanks, but I did try at the root and got this msg:

[root@localhost wayner]# tf-tool --acquire
bash: tf-tool: command not found

I tried just tf-tool and received the same error msg.

Suggestions?

[M4rc0]

So the driver is not installed..

That's weird, try the procedure again from the start..

Or else i guess you will have to compile it from source.

[techmum]

Originally Posted by theWayner

Thanks, but I did try at the root and got this msg:

[root@localhost wayner]# tf-tool --acquire
bash: tf-tool: command not found

Did you become root via just su or su -

that is su + space + dash

You must do the later in order to be able to run commands without putting the full directory structure

For example, type su and then ifconfig. You should get a message > bash: ifconfig: command not found

Now type su - and then ifconfig. Now it works!

You could also run ifconfig as a normal user if you put the full path /sbin/ifconfig

Same principles will probably apply to run tf-tool