It works for me consistently after applying the change of ownership (thank you, by the way). Are you current on updates (I am), and have you applied the thinkfinge code from the PPA (I have not, yet, since I haven't checked to see exactly what was changed).
$ dpkg -l | grep thinkfinger ii libpam-thinkfinger 0.3+r118-0ubuntu3 ii libthinkfinger0 0.3+r118-0ubuntu3 ii thinkfinger-tools 0.3+r118-0ubuntu3 See also Bug 256429. -- (gutsy) lock screen doesn't support fingerprint readers driven by thinkfinger https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/138957 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs