Bug 478347

Summary:	thinkfinger doesn't adquire fingerprints
Product:	[Fedora] Fedora	Reporter:	Ismael Olea <ismael>
Component:	thinkfinger	Assignee:	Nobody's working on this, feel free to take it <nobody>
Status:	CLOSED WONTFIX	QA Contact:	Fedora Extras Quality Assurance <extras-qa>
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Description Ismael Olea 2008-12-28 15:42:28 UTC

Description of problem:

thinkfinger is not able to save the digitilized fingerprint, so it's unnusable.

Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable):

thinkfinger-0.3-8.fc9.i386 (fedora 10)
kernel-2.6.27.5-117.fc10.i686

How reproducible:

always, using it on a Lenovo x61s

Steps to Reproduce:
#  tf-tool --acquire --verbose

ThinkFinger 0.3 (http://thinkfinger.sourceforge.net/)
Copyright (C) 2006, 2007 Timo Hoenig <thoenig>

Running in verbose mode.

* Mode: acquire
* Biometric identification record file: '/tmp/test.bir'

Initializing... done.
tf-tool: TF_STATE_SWIPE_0 (0x02)
Please swipe your finger (successful swipes 0/3, failed swipes: 0)...tf-tool: TF_STATE_SWIPE_FAILED (0x06)
Please swipe your finger (successful swipes 0/3, failed swipes: 1)...tf-tool: TF_STATE_SWIPE_0 (0x02)
Please swipe your finger (successful swipes 0/3, failed swipes: 1)...tf-tool: TF_STATE_SWIPE_SUCCESS (0x05)
Please swipe your finger (successful swipes 1/3, failed swipes: 1)...tf-tool: TF_STATE_SWIPE_1 (0x03)
tf-tool: TF_STATE_SWIPE_SUCCESS (0x05)
Please swipe your finger (successful swipes 2/3, failed swipes: 1)...tf-tool: TF_STATE_SWIPE_2 (0x04)
tf-tool: TF_STATE_SWIPE_SUCCESS (0x05)
Please swipe your finger (successful swipes 3/3, failed swipes: 1)...tf-tool: TF_STATE_ENROLL_SUCCESS (0x07)
Please swipe your finger (successful swipes 3/3, failed swipes: 1)... done.
Storing data (/tmp/test.bir)...Warning: usb_bulk_read expected to read 0x40 (read 0x20 bytes).
tf-tool: TF_STATE_COMM_FAILED (0xfe)
Could not acquire fingerprint (communication with fingerprint reader failed).
# ls -l /tmp/test.bir 
-rw------- 1 root root 0 dic 28 11:42 /tmp/test.bir
# 
  
Actual results:

the tool could stay hunged or finishing without saving the fingerprint at /tmp/test.bir

Expected results:

A digital signature saved at /tmp/test.bir

Additional info:

The bug is reported in other places: 

http://forum.thinkpads.com/viewtopic.php?p=331146
https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=336153#c4
https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/thinkfinger/+bug/214404

Comment 1 Ismael Olea 2008-12-28 15:59:42 UTC

Expected results:

A digital _fingerprint_ saved at /tmp/test.bir

sorry the typo!

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Comment 3 Bug Zapper 2009-12-18 07:25:35 UTC

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