Fingerprint login settings not visible in ubuntu 20.04
I am trying to enable fingerprint login in my laptop (Dell Inspiron 7577), running Ubuntu 20.04
I have enabled the setting using sudo pam-auth-update
Also, I installed hw-probe and found the fingerprint reader is being detected, as shown here
"usb:27c6-5301" : {
"Bus" : "USB",
"Class" : "02-02-01",
"Device" : "Fingerprint Reader",
"Driver" : "cdc_acm",
"SDevice" : "Goodix Fingerprint Device",
"SVendor" : "HTMicroelectronics",
"Serial" : "9F73FE10C4F88873C9E942B6B6FB242C",
"Status" : "detected",
"Type" : "fingerprint reader",
"Vendor" : "Shenzhen Goodix Technology Co.,Ltd."
},
I still don't see any option in Settings > Users > Login & Authentication to enable fingerprint login.
Please help me out with this.
To begin with, you could try goodix_fp_dump
to perform some testing.
Note: Support for your device appears to be in a grey zone. Sources:
- https://www.dell.com/community/Linux-General/No-driver-for-fingerprint-scanner-Goodix-GF3208-on-Linux/td-p/6242579
- https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/libfprint/libfprint/-/issues/43#note_382609
- https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/libfprint/libfprint/-/issues/161
Then, you could try with Fingerprint GUI
sudo add-apt-repository ppa:fingerprint/fingerprint-gui
sudo apt-key adv --keyserver keyserver.ubuntu.com --recv EFD5FA852F20733F
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install libbsapi policykit-1-fingerprint-gui fingerprint-gui
Note: Fingerprint-gui replaces some packages. Removing it does not restore original packages, which has to be done manually. It is not a serious issue. If anything else fails, it may be worth trying.
Related:
- https://www.addictivetips.com/ubuntu-linux-tips/enable-fingerprint-scanner-support-on-linux/
- https://www.codegrepper.com/code-examples/shell/fingerprint+login+disabled+ubuntu+20.04
- fingerprint-gui in 18.04
- Using Fingerprint reader in 16.04