How do I install a fingerprint reader on Lenovo ThinkPad?

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I have a Lenovo ThinkPad with a fingerprint reader:

Thinkpad fingerprint

How to make Ubuntu recognise it and use it for login?

I already tried:

sudo add-apt-repository ppa:fingerprint/fingerprint-gui

sudo apt-get update

... but this GUI did not recognizes my device. Does anyone knows any other option?

edited Nov 14 '17 at 10:25

muru

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asked Aug 15 '14 at 18:53

Yosved Villar

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Do you know the fingerprint device's model/manufacturer/id? It may appear in lspci -v or lsusb -v.
– Wilf
Aug 15 '14 at 19:25

According to the Arch Linux wiki, you might need to reboot or add yourself to the plugdev and scanner groups (you should alread be in the plugdev group).
– muru
Aug 15 '14 at 20:50

how I add my user on the 'plugdev'???
– Yosved Villar
Apr 15 '15 at 22:34

Read man useradd and do something like sudo useradd --groups=plugdev,scanner $USER. Then logout - groups are only applied at login time. Well, not exactly, but logout/login is the easiest way.
– waltinator
Aug 4 '15 at 6:49

Can you see the fingerprint reader in the output of sudo lspci -v or sudo lsusb -v? If so, please edit your question to share the information.
– waltinator
Aug 4 '15 at 6:52

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up vote
41
down vote

favorite

I have a Lenovo ThinkPad with a fingerprint reader:

Thinkpad fingerprint

How to make Ubuntu recognise it and use it for login?

I already tried:

sudo add-apt-repository ppa:fingerprint/fingerprint-gui

sudo apt-get update

... but this GUI did not recognizes my device. Does anyone knows any other option?

edited Nov 14 '17 at 10:25

muru

134k19283484

asked Aug 15 '14 at 18:53

Yosved Villar

307147

Do you know the fingerprint device's model/manufacturer/id? It may appear in lspci -v or lsusb -v.
– Wilf
Aug 15 '14 at 19:25

According to the Arch Linux wiki, you might need to reboot or add yourself to the plugdev and scanner groups (you should alread be in the plugdev group).
– muru
Aug 15 '14 at 20:50

how I add my user on the 'plugdev'???
– Yosved Villar
Apr 15 '15 at 22:34

Read man useradd and do something like sudo useradd --groups=plugdev,scanner $USER. Then logout - groups are only applied at login time. Well, not exactly, but logout/login is the easiest way.
– waltinator
Aug 4 '15 at 6:49

Can you see the fingerprint reader in the output of sudo lspci -v or sudo lsusb -v? If so, please edit your question to share the information.
– waltinator
Aug 4 '15 at 6:52

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up vote
41
down vote

favorite

I have a Lenovo ThinkPad with a fingerprint reader:

Thinkpad fingerprint

How to make Ubuntu recognise it and use it for login?

I already tried:

sudo add-apt-repository ppa:fingerprint/fingerprint-gui

sudo apt-get update

... but this GUI did not recognizes my device. Does anyone knows any other option?

edited Nov 14 '17 at 10:25

muru

134k19283484

asked Aug 15 '14 at 18:53

Yosved Villar

307147

I have a Lenovo ThinkPad with a fingerprint reader:

Thinkpad fingerprint

How to make Ubuntu recognise it and use it for login?

I already tried:

sudo add-apt-repository ppa:fingerprint/fingerprint-gui

sudo apt-get update

... but this GUI did not recognizes my device. Does anyone knows any other option?

software-installation lenovo thinkpad fingerprint-reader

edited Nov 14 '17 at 10:25

muru

134k19283484

asked Aug 15 '14 at 18:53

Yosved Villar

307147

edited Nov 14 '17 at 10:25

muru

134k19283484

asked Aug 15 '14 at 18:53

Yosved Villar

307147

edited Nov 14 '17 at 10:25

muru

134k19283484

edited Nov 14 '17 at 10:25

muru

134k19283484

edited Nov 14 '17 at 10:25

muru

134k19283484

asked Aug 15 '14 at 18:53

Yosved Villar

307147

asked Aug 15 '14 at 18:53

Yosved Villar

307147

asked Aug 15 '14 at 18:53

Yosved Villar

307147

Do you know the fingerprint device's model/manufacturer/id? It may appear in lspci -v or lsusb -v.
– Wilf
Aug 15 '14 at 19:25

According to the Arch Linux wiki, you might need to reboot or add yourself to the plugdev and scanner groups (you should alread be in the plugdev group).
– muru
Aug 15 '14 at 20:50

how I add my user on the 'plugdev'???
– Yosved Villar
Apr 15 '15 at 22:34

Read man useradd and do something like sudo useradd --groups=plugdev,scanner $USER. Then logout - groups are only applied at login time. Well, not exactly, but logout/login is the easiest way.
– waltinator
Aug 4 '15 at 6:49

Can you see the fingerprint reader in the output of sudo lspci -v or sudo lsusb -v? If so, please edit your question to share the information.
– waltinator
Aug 4 '15 at 6:52

|
show 1 more comment

Do you know the fingerprint device's model/manufacturer/id? It may appear in lspci -v or lsusb -v.
– Wilf
Aug 15 '14 at 19:25

According to the Arch Linux wiki, you might need to reboot or add yourself to the plugdev and scanner groups (you should alread be in the plugdev group).
– muru
Aug 15 '14 at 20:50

how I add my user on the 'plugdev'???
– Yosved Villar
Apr 15 '15 at 22:34

Read man useradd and do something like sudo useradd --groups=plugdev,scanner $USER. Then logout - groups are only applied at login time. Well, not exactly, but logout/login is the easiest way.
– waltinator
Aug 4 '15 at 6:49

Can you see the fingerprint reader in the output of sudo lspci -v or sudo lsusb -v? If so, please edit your question to share the information.
– waltinator
Aug 4 '15 at 6:52

Do you know the fingerprint device's model/manufacturer/id? It may appear in lspci -v or lsusb -v.
– Wilf
Aug 15 '14 at 19:25

According to the Arch Linux wiki, you might need to reboot or add yourself to the plugdev and scanner groups (you should alread be in the plugdev group).
– muru
Aug 15 '14 at 20:50

how I add my user on the 'plugdev'???
– Yosved Villar
Apr 15 '15 at 22:34

Read man useradd and do something like sudo useradd --groups=plugdev,scanner $USER. Then logout - groups are only applied at login time. Well, not exactly, but logout/login is the easiest way.
– waltinator
Aug 4 '15 at 6:49

Can you see the fingerprint reader in the output of sudo lspci -v or sudo lsusb -v? If so, please edit your question to share the information.
– waltinator
Aug 4 '15 at 6:52

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I tried both Fingerprint Gui and FPrint in my Thinkpad W550S. Fingerprint Gui had a nice interface, but was pretty unstable on the login page and sudo and constantly crashed.

FPrint seems more simple, but works very well:

For Ubuntu 16.04 or greater:

sudo apt install libpam-fprintd fprint-demo

For Ubuntu 15.04 or less

sudo add-apt-repository -y ppa:fingerprint/fprint

sudo apt-get update

sudo apt-get install libfprint0 fprint-demo libpam-fprintd gksu-polkit

After that, you can test it by running fprint_demo and save the fingerprint with fprintd-enroll. This will automatically make your login screen require a finger swipe instead of a password.

edited Nov 14 '17 at 10:21

muru

134k19283484

answered Sep 29 '15 at 3:11

Kostanos

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gksu-polkit does not exist in 2015.10 but seems to be installable: askubuntu.com/questions/653459/…
– Nicolas Raoul
Jan 5 '16 at 9:07

Actually no need to install gksu-polkit it seems.
– Nicolas Raoul
Jan 5 '16 at 9:15

the question was for 14.04. I didn't tested it in latest versions. But thank you anyway.
– Kostanos
Jan 5 '16 at 15:02

4

For 16.04, apt-get install libpam-fprintd was sufficient to get fprintd-enroll and functioning login page.
– Samuli Kärkkäinen
Sep 20 '16 at 10:35

1

after setting this how to get back to entering the password
– Kasun Siyambalapitiya
Nov 7 '16 at 9:23

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3
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Fprint worked perfectly on a Lenovo Thinkpad X1 Carbon under Ubuntu 14.04.
I strictly followed the instructions :

sudo add-apt-repository -y ppa:fingerprint/fprint

sudo apt-get update

sudo apt-get install libfprint0 fprint-demo libpam-fprintd

and finally saved my fingerprint with fprintd-enroll.
I can now login and validate my sudo access with a finger swipe !!

answered Jan 27 '16 at 15:06

Albin Freycenon

391

Oh wow, had my T440s for 3 years and just now realized that fprint works wonderfully. That's pretty sweet!
– Ibrahim
Jul 7 '16 at 23:19

what is the difference in your answer from the previous one?
– Kostanos
Jun 15 '17 at 14:07

3

@AlbinFreycenon will this works on x1 carbon 5th gen?
– Kasun Siyambalapitiya
Sep 17 '17 at 5:20

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2
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On my Thinkpad X220, I had to enable the fingerprint reader in BIOS (tap F1 repeatedly after starting the computer).

After that, fprint_demo works in the sense that it runs, but it fails to read any fingerprint data ("Bad scan. Please remove your finger before trying again.").

answered Feb 26 '16 at 20:46

Erik Aas

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4

I just want to use like i was using it on windows.
– Yosved Villar
Nov 14 '16 at 0:04

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3 Answers
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active

oldest

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up vote
45
down vote

accepted

I tried both Fingerprint Gui and FPrint in my Thinkpad W550S. Fingerprint Gui had a nice interface, but was pretty unstable on the login page and sudo and constantly crashed.

FPrint seems more simple, but works very well:

For Ubuntu 16.04 or greater:

sudo apt install libpam-fprintd fprint-demo

For Ubuntu 15.04 or less

sudo add-apt-repository -y ppa:fingerprint/fprint

sudo apt-get update

sudo apt-get install libfprint0 fprint-demo libpam-fprintd gksu-polkit

After that, you can test it by running fprint_demo and save the fingerprint with fprintd-enroll. This will automatically make your login screen require a finger swipe instead of a password.

edited Nov 14 '17 at 10:21

muru

134k19283484

answered Sep 29 '15 at 3:11

Kostanos

1,04511419

gksu-polkit does not exist in 2015.10 but seems to be installable: askubuntu.com/questions/653459/…
– Nicolas Raoul
Jan 5 '16 at 9:07

Actually no need to install gksu-polkit it seems.
– Nicolas Raoul
Jan 5 '16 at 9:15

the question was for 14.04. I didn't tested it in latest versions. But thank you anyway.
– Kostanos
Jan 5 '16 at 15:02

4

For 16.04, apt-get install libpam-fprintd was sufficient to get fprintd-enroll and functioning login page.
– Samuli Kärkkäinen
Sep 20 '16 at 10:35

1

after setting this how to get back to entering the password
– Kasun Siyambalapitiya
Nov 7 '16 at 9:23

|
show 6 more comments

up vote
45
down vote

accepted

I tried both Fingerprint Gui and FPrint in my Thinkpad W550S. Fingerprint Gui had a nice interface, but was pretty unstable on the login page and sudo and constantly crashed.

FPrint seems more simple, but works very well:

For Ubuntu 16.04 or greater:

sudo apt install libpam-fprintd fprint-demo

For Ubuntu 15.04 or less

sudo add-apt-repository -y ppa:fingerprint/fprint

sudo apt-get update

sudo apt-get install libfprint0 fprint-demo libpam-fprintd gksu-polkit

After that, you can test it by running fprint_demo and save the fingerprint with fprintd-enroll. This will automatically make your login screen require a finger swipe instead of a password.

edited Nov 14 '17 at 10:21

muru

134k19283484

answered Sep 29 '15 at 3:11

Kostanos

1,04511419

gksu-polkit does not exist in 2015.10 but seems to be installable: askubuntu.com/questions/653459/…
– Nicolas Raoul
Jan 5 '16 at 9:07

Actually no need to install gksu-polkit it seems.
– Nicolas Raoul
Jan 5 '16 at 9:15

the question was for 14.04. I didn't tested it in latest versions. But thank you anyway.
– Kostanos
Jan 5 '16 at 15:02

4

For 16.04, apt-get install libpam-fprintd was sufficient to get fprintd-enroll and functioning login page.
– Samuli Kärkkäinen
Sep 20 '16 at 10:35

1

after setting this how to get back to entering the password
– Kasun Siyambalapitiya
Nov 7 '16 at 9:23

|
show 6 more comments

up vote
45
down vote

accepted

I tried both Fingerprint Gui and FPrint in my Thinkpad W550S. Fingerprint Gui had a nice interface, but was pretty unstable on the login page and sudo and constantly crashed.

FPrint seems more simple, but works very well:

For Ubuntu 16.04 or greater:

sudo apt install libpam-fprintd fprint-demo

For Ubuntu 15.04 or less

sudo add-apt-repository -y ppa:fingerprint/fprint

sudo apt-get update

sudo apt-get install libfprint0 fprint-demo libpam-fprintd gksu-polkit

After that, you can test it by running fprint_demo and save the fingerprint with fprintd-enroll. This will automatically make your login screen require a finger swipe instead of a password.

edited Nov 14 '17 at 10:21

muru

134k19283484

answered Sep 29 '15 at 3:11

Kostanos

1,04511419

I tried both Fingerprint Gui and FPrint in my Thinkpad W550S. Fingerprint Gui had a nice interface, but was pretty unstable on the login page and sudo and constantly crashed.

FPrint seems more simple, but works very well:

For Ubuntu 16.04 or greater:

sudo apt install libpam-fprintd fprint-demo

For Ubuntu 15.04 or less

sudo add-apt-repository -y ppa:fingerprint/fprint

sudo apt-get update

sudo apt-get install libfprint0 fprint-demo libpam-fprintd gksu-polkit

After that, you can test it by running fprint_demo and save the fingerprint with fprintd-enroll. This will automatically make your login screen require a finger swipe instead of a password.

edited Nov 14 '17 at 10:21

muru

134k19283484

answered Sep 29 '15 at 3:11

Kostanos

1,04511419

edited Nov 14 '17 at 10:21

muru

134k19283484

edited Nov 14 '17 at 10:21

muru

134k19283484

edited Nov 14 '17 at 10:21

muru

134k19283484

answered Sep 29 '15 at 3:11

Kostanos

1,04511419

answered Sep 29 '15 at 3:11

Kostanos

1,04511419

answered Sep 29 '15 at 3:11

Kostanos

1,04511419

gksu-polkit does not exist in 2015.10 but seems to be installable: askubuntu.com/questions/653459/…
– Nicolas Raoul
Jan 5 '16 at 9:07

Actually no need to install gksu-polkit it seems.
– Nicolas Raoul
Jan 5 '16 at 9:15

the question was for 14.04. I didn't tested it in latest versions. But thank you anyway.
– Kostanos
Jan 5 '16 at 15:02

4

For 16.04, apt-get install libpam-fprintd was sufficient to get fprintd-enroll and functioning login page.
– Samuli Kärkkäinen
Sep 20 '16 at 10:35

1

after setting this how to get back to entering the password
– Kasun Siyambalapitiya
Nov 7 '16 at 9:23

|
show 6 more comments

gksu-polkit does not exist in 2015.10 but seems to be installable: askubuntu.com/questions/653459/…
– Nicolas Raoul
Jan 5 '16 at 9:07

Actually no need to install gksu-polkit it seems.
– Nicolas Raoul
Jan 5 '16 at 9:15

the question was for 14.04. I didn't tested it in latest versions. But thank you anyway.
– Kostanos
Jan 5 '16 at 15:02

4

For 16.04, apt-get install libpam-fprintd was sufficient to get fprintd-enroll and functioning login page.
– Samuli Kärkkäinen
Sep 20 '16 at 10:35

1

after setting this how to get back to entering the password
– Kasun Siyambalapitiya
Nov 7 '16 at 9:23

gksu-polkit does not exist in 2015.10 but seems to be installable: askubuntu.com/questions/653459/…
– Nicolas Raoul
Jan 5 '16 at 9:07

Actually no need to install gksu-polkit it seems.
– Nicolas Raoul
Jan 5 '16 at 9:15

the question was for 14.04. I didn't tested it in latest versions. But thank you anyway.
– Kostanos
Jan 5 '16 at 15:02

For 16.04, apt-get install libpam-fprintd was sufficient to get fprintd-enroll and functioning login page.
– Samuli Kärkkäinen
Sep 20 '16 at 10:35

after setting this how to get back to entering the password
– Kasun Siyambalapitiya
Nov 7 '16 at 9:23

|
show 6 more comments

up vote
3
down vote

Fprint worked perfectly on a Lenovo Thinkpad X1 Carbon under Ubuntu 14.04.
I strictly followed the instructions :

sudo add-apt-repository -y ppa:fingerprint/fprint

sudo apt-get update

sudo apt-get install libfprint0 fprint-demo libpam-fprintd

and finally saved my fingerprint with fprintd-enroll.
I can now login and validate my sudo access with a finger swipe !!

answered Jan 27 '16 at 15:06

Albin Freycenon

391

Oh wow, had my T440s for 3 years and just now realized that fprint works wonderfully. That's pretty sweet!
– Ibrahim
Jul 7 '16 at 23:19

what is the difference in your answer from the previous one?
– Kostanos
Jun 15 '17 at 14:07

3

@AlbinFreycenon will this works on x1 carbon 5th gen?
– Kasun Siyambalapitiya
Sep 17 '17 at 5:20

add a comment |

up vote
3
down vote

Fprint worked perfectly on a Lenovo Thinkpad X1 Carbon under Ubuntu 14.04.
I strictly followed the instructions :

sudo add-apt-repository -y ppa:fingerprint/fprint

sudo apt-get update

sudo apt-get install libfprint0 fprint-demo libpam-fprintd

and finally saved my fingerprint with fprintd-enroll.
I can now login and validate my sudo access with a finger swipe !!

answered Jan 27 '16 at 15:06

Albin Freycenon

391

Oh wow, had my T440s for 3 years and just now realized that fprint works wonderfully. That's pretty sweet!
– Ibrahim
Jul 7 '16 at 23:19

what is the difference in your answer from the previous one?
– Kostanos
Jun 15 '17 at 14:07

3

@AlbinFreycenon will this works on x1 carbon 5th gen?
– Kasun Siyambalapitiya
Sep 17 '17 at 5:20

add a comment |

up vote
3
down vote

Fprint worked perfectly on a Lenovo Thinkpad X1 Carbon under Ubuntu 14.04.
I strictly followed the instructions :

sudo add-apt-repository -y ppa:fingerprint/fprint

sudo apt-get update

sudo apt-get install libfprint0 fprint-demo libpam-fprintd

and finally saved my fingerprint with fprintd-enroll.
I can now login and validate my sudo access with a finger swipe !!

answered Jan 27 '16 at 15:06

Albin Freycenon

391

Fprint worked perfectly on a Lenovo Thinkpad X1 Carbon under Ubuntu 14.04.
I strictly followed the instructions :

sudo add-apt-repository -y ppa:fingerprint/fprint

sudo apt-get update

sudo apt-get install libfprint0 fprint-demo libpam-fprintd

and finally saved my fingerprint with fprintd-enroll.
I can now login and validate my sudo access with a finger swipe !!

answered Jan 27 '16 at 15:06

Albin Freycenon

391

answered Jan 27 '16 at 15:06

Albin Freycenon

391

answered Jan 27 '16 at 15:06

Albin Freycenon

391

answered Jan 27 '16 at 15:06

Albin Freycenon

391

Oh wow, had my T440s for 3 years and just now realized that fprint works wonderfully. That's pretty sweet!
– Ibrahim
Jul 7 '16 at 23:19

what is the difference in your answer from the previous one?
– Kostanos
Jun 15 '17 at 14:07

3

@AlbinFreycenon will this works on x1 carbon 5th gen?
– Kasun Siyambalapitiya
Sep 17 '17 at 5:20

add a comment |

Oh wow, had my T440s for 3 years and just now realized that fprint works wonderfully. That's pretty sweet!
– Ibrahim
Jul 7 '16 at 23:19

what is the difference in your answer from the previous one?
– Kostanos
Jun 15 '17 at 14:07

3

@AlbinFreycenon will this works on x1 carbon 5th gen?
– Kasun Siyambalapitiya
Sep 17 '17 at 5:20

Oh wow, had my T440s for 3 years and just now realized that fprint works wonderfully. That's pretty sweet!
– Ibrahim
Jul 7 '16 at 23:19

what is the difference in your answer from the previous one?
– Kostanos
Jun 15 '17 at 14:07

@AlbinFreycenon will this works on x1 carbon 5th gen?
– Kasun Siyambalapitiya
Sep 17 '17 at 5:20

add a comment |

up vote
2
down vote

On my Thinkpad X220, I had to enable the fingerprint reader in BIOS (tap F1 repeatedly after starting the computer).

After that, fprint_demo works in the sense that it runs, but it fails to read any fingerprint data ("Bad scan. Please remove your finger before trying again.").

answered Feb 26 '16 at 20:46

Erik Aas

1232

4

I just want to use like i was using it on windows.
– Yosved Villar
Nov 14 '16 at 0:04

add a comment |

up vote
2
down vote

On my Thinkpad X220, I had to enable the fingerprint reader in BIOS (tap F1 repeatedly after starting the computer).

After that, fprint_demo works in the sense that it runs, but it fails to read any fingerprint data ("Bad scan. Please remove your finger before trying again.").

answered Feb 26 '16 at 20:46

Erik Aas

1232

4

I just want to use like i was using it on windows.
– Yosved Villar
Nov 14 '16 at 0:04

add a comment |

up vote
2
down vote

On my Thinkpad X220, I had to enable the fingerprint reader in BIOS (tap F1 repeatedly after starting the computer).

After that, fprint_demo works in the sense that it runs, but it fails to read any fingerprint data ("Bad scan. Please remove your finger before trying again.").

answered Feb 26 '16 at 20:46

Erik Aas

1232

On my Thinkpad X220, I had to enable the fingerprint reader in BIOS (tap F1 repeatedly after starting the computer).

After that, fprint_demo works in the sense that it runs, but it fails to read any fingerprint data ("Bad scan. Please remove your finger before trying again.").

answered Feb 26 '16 at 20:46

Erik Aas

1232

answered Feb 26 '16 at 20:46

Erik Aas

1232

answered Feb 26 '16 at 20:46

Erik Aas

1232

answered Feb 26 '16 at 20:46

Erik Aas

1232

4

I just want to use like i was using it on windows.
– Yosved Villar
Nov 14 '16 at 0:04

add a comment |

4

I just want to use like i was using it on windows.
– Yosved Villar
Nov 14 '16 at 0:04

I just want to use like i was using it on windows.
– Yosved Villar
Nov 14 '16 at 0:04

add a comment |

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