Bug 887218 - 0.5.0-1 regression: 147e:2016 Upek fingerprint reader no longer works
Summary: 0.5.0-1 regression: 147e:2016 Upek fingerprint reader no longer works
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Status: CLOSED WONTFIX
Alias: None
Product: Fedora
Classification: Fedora
Component: libfprint
Version: 18
Hardware: Unspecified
OS: Unspecified
unspecified
unspecified
Target Milestone: ---
Assignee: Bastien Nocera
QA Contact: Fedora Extras Quality Assurance
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Blocks:
TreeView+ depends on / blocked
 
Reported: 2012-12-14 10:48 UTC by Amit Shah
Modified: 2014-02-05 13:53 UTC (History)
5 users (show)

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Last Closed: 2014-02-05 13:53:08 UTC
Type: Bug
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Description Amit Shah 2012-12-14 10:48:43 UTC
Description of problem:

The support for

147e:2016 Upek Biometric Touchchip/Touchstrip Fingerprint Sensor

gets broken by update to 0.5.0-1.  'yum downgrade' goes back to 0.4.0-5, which makes things work again.

With 0.5, neither gdm nor the screensaver offer fingerprint slide to unlock.

Comment 1 Bastien Nocera 2012-12-14 12:09:53 UTC
What's the output of:
fprintd-list `id -un`
?

Try enrolling again using:
fprintd-enroll
and verify with:
fprintd-verify

Comment 2 Amit Shah 2012-12-14 17:13:26 UTC
Interesting:

running 'fprintd-list `id -un`' on the downgraded version shows this:

found 1 devices
Device at /net/reactivated/Fprint/Device/0
Using device /net/reactivated/Fprint/Device/0
Fingerprints for user amit on UPEK Eikon 2 (swipe):
 - #0: right-index-finger


I upgraded again to 0.5.0-1, and the output is:

found 1 devices
Device at /net/reactivated/Fprint/Device/0
Using device /net/reactivated/Fprint/Device/0
User amit has no fingers enrolled for UPEK Eikon 2.


I then enrolled the fingerprint, and things work properly:

found 1 devices
Device at /net/reactivated/Fprint/Device/0
Using device /net/reactivated/Fprint/Device/0
Fingerprints for user amit on UPEK Eikon 2 (swipe):
 - #0: right-index-finger


How did the upgrade not detect the previous fingerprint data (which the downgraded version picked up just fine)?

Thanks for the workaround.

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