I had the same results. I installed the intrepid version from here. deb http://ppa.launchpad.net/jon-oberheide/ubuntu intrepid main
and it appears to work now. I am using a X61 tablet with 0483:2016 SGS Thomson Microelectronics Fingerprint Reader The only difference is that the initialize on the usb scanner is a lot longer than on intrepid--This may be hal. The time you type sudo till you get the "password or swipe finger" is around 5 seconds. Same thing on intrepid was just about instant. -- Finger scan for authentication does not work in Jaunty https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/339360 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
