#1033289 fprintd: Configure Fingerprint Authentication > Kali Linux KDE - after inserting root password fingerprint chip disconnects

Package:
fprintd
Source:
fprintd
Description:
D-Bus daemon for fingerprint reader access
Submitter:
Andrei Mungiu
Date:
2023-03-21 17:30:04 UTC
Severity:
normal
#1033289#5
Date:
2023-03-21 17:26:41 UTC
From:
To:
Dear Maintainer,



   * What led up to the situation?
      I checked how to enable the fingerprint authentication functionality on linux, so that I may use it isntead of inserting a password when I loging and hopefully when the terminal asks for the password.

      My fingerprint chip is: Bus 003 Device 002: ID 04f3:0c4b Elan Microelectronics Corp. ELAN:Fingerprint
      My machine is: Lenovo ThinkPad E15 (Ryzen 7, AMD Radeon Graphics)
   * What exactly did you do (or not do) that was effective (or
     ineffective)?
      1 - installed fprintd & libpam-fprintd (and enabled fingerprint in PAM configuration menu)
      2 - restarted laptop
      3 - opened "Users" menu
      4 - selected user
      5 - clicked on the now available (after fprintd installation) menu button called: "Configure Fingerprint Authentication..."
      6 - clicked "add"
      7 - selected right index finger
      8 - inserted root password
      9 - scanned the finger succesfully
      10- ERROR appears inside the fingerprint app screen: "the device has disconnected"
   * What was the outcome of this action?
      See the above step by step description.
   * What outcome did you expect instead?
      I expected the fingerprint to be registered and for Kali Linux to know accept my fingerprint.