Bug 185564 - Fujitsu Lifebook P Series (P1510D) fingerprint swipe sensor does not work
Summary: Fujitsu Lifebook P Series (P1510D) fingerprint swipe sensor does not work
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Status: CLOSED UPSTREAM
Alias: None
Product: Fedora
Classification: Fedora
Component: kernel
Version: 5
Hardware: All
OS: Linux
medium
medium
Target Milestone: ---
Assignee: Dave Jones
QA Contact: Brian Brock
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Blocks: 183425
TreeView+ depends on / blocked
 
Reported: 2006-03-15 20:54 UTC by Suzanne Hillman
Modified: 2015-01-04 22:25 UTC (History)
3 users (show)

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Last Closed: 2006-03-28 23:20:34 UTC
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Description Suzanne Hillman 2006-03-15 20:54:21 UTC
Description of problem:
Fujitsu Lifebook P Series (P1510D) fingerprint swipe sensor does not work. I
suspect this is actually because there is no driver for it, and not because
there is no software for it at a higher level, but am unsure how to check if
there is a driver for it.

Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable):
kernel-2.6.15-1.2025_FC5

How reproducible:
Always

Steps to Reproduce:
1. Get a Fujitsu Lifebook P Series (P1510D) with rawhide on it
2. Try to get it to realize that you're doing anything with the fingerprint sensor
  
Actual results:
Nothing happens.

Expected results:
It should recognize that you're trying to do something with it. Presumably,
eventually, it should be able to be used instead of a login prompt, but that's
much further down the road, I think.

Additional info:

Comment 1 Dave Jones 2006-03-28 23:20:34 UTC
no specs, no driver..  not much we can do here.
maybe someone will figure out how it works one day, but until then, we're not
going to be investing any effort into writing a driver for it.


Comment 2 Dave Malcolm 2006-08-02 20:27:01 UTC
Dunno if this is helpful, but information on doing this on a T43 is here:
http://www.thinkwiki.org/wiki/How_to_enable_the_fingerprint_reader

Adding sgrubb to CC; Steve: do we want a tracker bug somewhere for biometric
login support in future releases?


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