Everything works as expected if you try to open 1 root shell - you get the "Password or swipe finger: " promt. But if you open another one before you scan your finger or log in, you get only 'Password:' in the second tab. After that you can't even use the finger reader to log in in the first tab. Reproducer: 1) start konsole 2) Session -> New Root Shell 3) Session -> New Root Shell a) Shell in second tab doesn't show the 'Password or swipe finger:' prompt b) It's not possible to use finger reader to login in the first tab
Forgot to add - I'm running fully updated F8, some of the package versions that may matter: kdebase-3.5.8-5.fc8 kernel-2.6.23.8-63.fc8 thinkfinger-0.3-7.fc8
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I'm stopped using the finger reader for auth, so I don't care anymore.
Sorry, none of us kde-sig'ers have such a reader, so didn't have much chance to work on this. I'll take don't care as -> WONTFIX (for now).
Well, I have one, but it's only supported by the latest development version of libfprint, so I didn't get around to try it out at all yet.