Comments on: Ubuntu 8.10 Intrepid Ibex – ThinkFinger Fingerprint Reader

By: Eastwood

Eastwood — Wed, 22 Apr 2009 21:52:30 +0000

Jaunty is coming out in a day or so. Give that a try and see if it helps.

By: Mozes

Mozes — Wed, 22 Apr 2009 13:11:11 +0000

I restart my system, and the problem is there again. I try many “solutions” but nothing works. 10x for the reply anyway

By: Eastwood

Eastwood — Wed, 15 Apr 2009 03:04:24 +0000

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.

By: Mozes

Mozes — Tue, 14 Apr 2009 09:01:10 +0000

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

By: Adrian

Adrian — Wed, 07 Jan 2009 22:28:43 +0000

Thanks, that worked.

By: Eastwood

Eastwood — Mon, 24 Nov 2008 10:31:33 +0000

Thanks penkoad (and Jon Oberheide)! Updated post accordingly.

By: penkoad

penkoad — Mon, 24 Nov 2008 08:51:11 +0000

You’re most welcome fellows !

We should be thankfull to Jon Oberheide, the one behind the fix !

By: Ender

Ender — Sat, 22 Nov 2008 20:59:31 +0000

Thanks penkoad! That new package resolved the issue for me too

By: Eastwood

Eastwood — Wed, 12 Nov 2008 22:44:40 +0000

Thanks, penkoad! I’ll give it a try sometime and see how it goes.

By: penkoad

penkoad — Wed, 12 Nov 2008 13:22:01 +0000

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