By googling. The problem is that the fprint website has the list of supported devices that is quite outdated, so users like me end up on askubuntu and various other forums.
2016-09-05 12:28 GMT+02:00 Bastien Nocera <had...@hadess.net>: > On Mon, 2016-09-05 at 12:26 +0200, Salvo Tomaselli wrote: >> Bus 001 Device 006: ID 138a:0017 Validity Sensors, Inc. Fingerprint >> Reader >> >> Can be found on some newer thinkpads. I have a T560. >> >> I think you should update the page because there is a lot of outdated >> information around about Validity readers, > > Where? > >> that includes recompiling >> fprint from a patched version or giving up completely in getting them >> to work. > _______________________________________________ fprint mailing list fprint@lists.freedesktop.org https://lists.freedesktop.org/mailman/listinfo/fprint