Fingerprint GUI breaks lock screen after suspend
ASUS M50Vc with AuthenTec AES1600 fingerprint reader, Ubuntu 14.04.
Everything works normally EXCEPT when I need to unlock the screen after suspend. There is no prompt to swipe the finger, swiping doesn't do anything, if I try unlock with password, the "wait" indicator keeps rotating but screen won't get unlocked (it doesn't hang though, panel still accessible).
Has anyone had a similar issue? Any workaround suggestions?
Solution 1:
@Pavel, I just came across the same issue with my ThinkPad X220 here, running Ubuntu 14.10. A temporary workaround for me is to switch to the (non-graphical) console, log in there with my password, kill the fingerprint-helper process and then switch back to the X-server console.
Steps are:
- Switch to the text console:
Ctrl + Alt + F1 - Login with your regular username + password
- Shutdown the blocking process:
killall fingerprint-helper - Switch back to the X-server console:
Alt + F7
If this is not sufficient, you might want to try killing fingerprint-polkit-agent as well, although it hasn't been necessary when I tried today.
Don't forget to log off from the text console again (press Ctrl + D), otherwise everyone else who has physical access to the machine will be able to use it!