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Description of problem: My upek fingerprint is listed on lsubub -v: Bus 002 Device 003: ID 147e:1001 Upek Device Descriptor: bLength 18 bDescriptorType 1 bcdUSB 1.00 bDeviceClass 0 (Defined at Interface level) bDeviceSubClass 0 bDeviceProtocol 0 bMaxPacketSize0 8 idVendor 0x147e Upek idProduct 0x1001 bcdDevice 0.43 iManufacturer 1 TouchStrip iProduct 2 Fingerprint Sensor iSerial 0 bNumConfigurations 1 Configuration Descriptor: bLength 9 bDescriptorType 2 wTotalLength 39 bNumInterfaces 1 bConfigurationValue 1 iConfiguration 0 bmAttributes 0xa0 (Bus Powered) Remote Wakeup MaxPower 100mA Interface Descriptor: bLength 9 bDescriptorType 4 bInterfaceNumber 0 bAlternateSetting 0 bNumEndpoints 3 bInterfaceClass 255 Vendor Specific Class bInterfaceSubClass 0 bInterfaceProtocol 0 iInterface 0 Endpoint Descriptor: bLength 7 bDescriptorType 5 bEndpointAddress 0x81 EP 1 IN bmAttributes 2 Transfer Type Bulk Synch Type None Usage Type Data wMaxPacketSize 0x0040 1x 64 bytes bInterval 0 Endpoint Descriptor: bLength 7 bDescriptorType 5 bEndpointAddress 0x02 EP 2 OUT bmAttributes 2 Transfer Type Bulk Synch Type None Usage Type Data wMaxPacketSize 0x0040 1x 64 bytes bInterval 0 Endpoint Descriptor: bLength 7 bDescriptorType 5 bEndpointAddress 0x83 EP 3 IN bmAttributes 3 Transfer Type Interrupt Synch Type None Usage Type Data wMaxPacketSize 0x0004 1x 4 bytes bInterval 10 Device Status: 0x0000 (Bus Powered) Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable): 15 But i cant use them do authenticate in GDM. How reproducible: Steps to Reproduce: 1. fprintd-enroll Actual results: list_devices failed: No devices available Expected results: http://diegobz.net/wp-content/uploads/2009/08/fprintd-enroll.png Additional info: http://karuppuswamy.com/wordpress/2010/07/22/how-to-get-fingerprint-reader-working-in-fedora-linux-upek-147e1000-in-this-case/
Moving to fprintd. -- Fedora Bugzappers volunteer triage team https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/BugZappers
The fingerprint readers on Sony VAIO aren't the standard UPEK devices, and require encryption on top of the normal protocol. Nobody has taken the time to reverse engineer that. The instructions on the page you mentioned are nice, they supposedly compile libfprint with support for your device and completely fail to use the library afterwards, using some proprietary blob instead. Feel free to send a mail to the fprint list, or file a bug against libfprint at bugzilla.freedesktop.org if the patch mentioned actually works (which I seriously doubt).