Ubuntu 8.10 Intrepid Ibex – ThinkFinger Fingerprint Reader
Upon upgrading to Ubuntu Linux 8.10 Intrepid Ibex on my Lenovo Thinkpad T61, ThinkFinger and my fingerprint reader appear to have stopping working. After further investigating, I discovered that I needed to hit “Enter” every time after sweeping my finger. So here’s the solution to getting it working without the carriage-return:
Jon Oberheide wrote an update which can be found here:
https://launchpad.net/~jon-oberheide/+archive
Add the PPA repositories to your source.list (/etc/apt/source.list):
deb http://ppa.launchpad.net/jon-oberheide/ubuntu intrepid main
deb-src http://ppa.launchpad.net/jon-oberheide/ubuntu intrepid main
Update installer:
$ sudo apt-get update
And install:
$ sudo apt-get install thinkfinger-tools
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15 Responses to “Ubuntu 8.10 Intrepid Ibex – ThinkFinger Fingerprint Reader”
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kalyp on November 3rd, 2008
Hey,
Thanks a lot for your solution! It solved my problem, now the fingerprint reader works without hitting enter under intrepid… And I don’t have any problem with the up arrow or volume keys. I’m using a Dell XPS m1330…
Eastwood on November 3rd, 2008
You’re welcome, glad I could help! Yeah looks like the up arrow issue is only happening with my T61…
curtHendzell on November 4th, 2008
The same is happening on my T61. I think it probably has to do with the keyboard layout. My xorg.conf does have pc105 as the model as opposed to the generic-evdev, but the issues are exactly the same.
curtHendzell on November 4th, 2008
Got it working without having to uncomment the sections in xorg.conf. This site helps a lot:
http://www.thinkwiki.org/wiki/How_to_enable_the_fingerprint_reader_with_ThinkFinger
there are a few different config files that need editing, so make sure you read all the way down.
Eastwood on November 4th, 2008
Curt,
So you manged to get ThinkFinger working fully without the “up arrow” issue?
Could you post the exact solution… or point out which section you’re referring to from ThinkWiki?
Thanks!
penkoad on November 12th, 2008
Hi Eastwood,
I think curtHendzell is makeing reference to this link : https://launchpad.net/~jon-oberheide/+archive
You should add this repository to your sources.list. Then you shall issue a sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get dist-upgrade.
And that you shall be the fixing you dreamt of ! It was for me (I started with a working config but the enter issue)
Cya
Eastwood on November 12th, 2008
Thanks, penkoad! I’ll give it a try sometime and see how it goes.
Ender on November 22nd, 2008
Thanks penkoad! That new package resolved the issue for me too
penkoad on November 24th, 2008
You’re most welcome fellows !
We should be thankfull to Jon Oberheide, the one behind the fix !
Eastwood on November 24th, 2008
Thanks penkoad (and Jon Oberheide)! Updated post accordingly.
Adrian on January 7th, 2009
Thanks, that worked.
Mozes on April 14th, 2009
I have a problem:)
When i type tf-tool –acquire it tells me that USB not found..BUT when I type lsusb it is showed! What should i do?
mozes@inside:~$ tf-tool –acquire
ThinkFinger 0.3 (http://thinkfinger.sourceforge.net/)
Copyright (C) 2006, 2007 Timo Hoenig
Initializing…USB device not found.
mozes@inside:~$ lsusb
Bus 007 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub
Bus 003 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub
Bus 006 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
Bus 005 Device 002: ID 0a5c:2101 Broadcom Corp. A-Link BlueUsbA2 Bluetooth
Bus 005 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
Bus 004 Device 002: ID 09da:000a A4 Tech Co., Ltd Port Mouse
Bus 004 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
Bus 002 Device 003: ID 08ff:2580 AuthenTec, Inc. AES2501 Fingerprint Sensor
Bus 002 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
Bus 001 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
Eastwood on April 14th, 2009
Oh, I think I’ve had this issue also.
Try following through the steps — and if you encounter the “usb not found” error again reboot the computer — then run tf-tool again to see if it recognizes the usb device now.
Mozes on April 22nd, 2009
I restart my system, and the problem is there again. I try many “solutions” but nothing works. 10x for the reply anyway
Eastwood on April 22nd, 2009
Jaunty is coming out in a day or so. Give that a try and see if it helps.