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On 2011-05-25T04:18:15+00:00 carlosv wrote:

Hi,
this bugs is concerning the Validity fingerprint reader VFS301. With the 
command lsusb is listed as: Bus 001 Device 004: ID 138a:0005 DigitalPersona, 
Inc. This isn't a DigitalPersona fingerprint reader, its "Validity" but they 
use digitalpersona software.
It affects in my case the model HP Touchsmart tm2.
The driver for the VFS101 [138a:0001] doesn't work on this device.

Reply at: https://bugs.launchpad.net/fingerprint-
gui/+bug/744310/comments/14

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On 2011-05-25T05:11:54+00:00 Bastien Nocera wrote:

*** Bug 37578 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***

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gui/+bug/744310/comments/15

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On 2011-08-22T12:02:00+00:00 Lacombar-u wrote:

As 37578 has been marked as a duplicate of this one, let's comment here.

The VFS300 [138a:0008] does not work either with the current VFS101
driver. This reader is shipped with the ASUSTEK laptops.

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gui/+bug/744310/comments/17

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On 2011-11-06T03:32:33+00:00 Andree wrote:

I've started developing a driver at https://github.com/andree182/vfs301
. I am able to get some fingerprint from it - but the code still needs
some love and integration to libfprint is yet to be done (after it works
correctly from console).

If someone test this and it works, let me know (through email/project
site/this bugtracker).

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gui/+bug/744310/comments/18

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On 2012-02-01T07:38:37+00:00 Bastien Nocera wrote:

Andrej, any news on this branch and patches?

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gui/+bug/744310/comments/45

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On 2012-02-01T07:47:51+00:00 Bastien Nocera wrote:

*** Bug 43252 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***

Reply at: https://bugs.launchpad.net/fingerprint-
gui/+bug/744310/comments/46

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On 2012-07-16T05:40:43+00:00 Robert Ancell wrote:

Created attachment 64254
Add support for Validity VFS301/VFS300

This is Andrej's patch taken from github and applied to libfprint. I can
confirm that fprint_demo works with this patch on my laptop.

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gui/+bug/744310/comments/81

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On 2012-07-18T16:39:11+00:00 Gaurav Saxena wrote:

hi, 
could you tell me which version of libfprint should I apply this patch ?

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gui/+bug/744310/comments/82

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On 2012-07-18T21:17:07+00:00 Robert Ancell wrote:

(In reply to comment #7)
> hi, 
> could you tell me which version of libfprint should I apply this patch ?

This patch should apply to git master.

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gui/+bug/744310/comments/83

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On 2012-07-19T19:01:45+00:00 Gaurav Saxena wrote:

Hi, 
Thanks , fprint_demo is able to recognize the device but still gives error that 
it could not open the device.

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gui/+bug/744310/comments/84

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On 2012-07-19T21:56:19+00:00 Robert Ancell wrote:

BTW I tested with a VFS300 (Dell Vostro). Guarav, do you have the 300 or
the 301?

$ lsusb
Bus 001 Device 004: ID 138a:0008 Validity Sensors, Inc. VFS300 Fingerprint 
Reader

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gui/+bug/744310/comments/85

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On 2012-07-21T07:29:22+00:00 Gaurav Saxena wrote:

Hi, 
Thanks for your reply. I am using HP Pavillion DM4 with a VFS 301 device. Is 
there anyway I could make it work on this device?

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gui/+bug/744310/comments/86

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On 2012-07-21T12:03:09+00:00 carlosv wrote:

(In reply to comment #11)
> Hi, 
> Thanks for your reply. I am using HP Pavillion DM4 with a VFS 301 device. Is
> there anyway I could make it work on this device?

Hi

on this forum:
https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/libfprint/+bug/744310

The comment #51 there is a deb package that works in Ubuntu and its more
or less stable. Check if it works for your Laptop

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gui/+bug/744310/comments/87

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On 2012-07-22T04:13:01+00:00 Robert Ancell wrote:

(In reply to comment #11)
> Hi, 
> Thanks for your reply. I am using HP Pavillion DM4 with a VFS 301 device. Is
> there anyway I could make it work on this device?

Note I am not the author of this patch. So it may be working for the 300
but not the 301. I don't know what the author tested it with.

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gui/+bug/744310/comments/88

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On 2012-07-22T18:48:27+00:00 Gaurav Saxena wrote:

(In reply to comment #12)
> Hi
> 
> on this forum: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/libfprint/+bug/744310
> 
> The comment #51 there is a deb package that works in Ubuntu and its more or
> less stable. Check if it works for your Laptop

Hi, I tried the patch provided on that forum and it worked! Now I am
able to get fingerprints. Any ideas on how to use it for authentication?
I am using Ubuntu 12.04. I tried using fingerprint-gui but it crashes
with segmentation fault. fprint_demo is working.

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gui/+bug/744310/comments/89

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On 2012-07-22T19:02:06+00:00 carlosv wrote:

(In reply to comment #14)
> (In reply to comment #12)
> > Hi
> > 
> > on this forum: 
> > https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/libfprint/+bug/744310
> > 
> > The comment #51 there is a deb package that works in Ubuntu and its more or
> > less stable. Check if it works for your Laptop
> 
> Hi, I tried the patch provided on that forum and it worked! Now I am able to
> get fingerprints. Any ideas on how to use it for authentication? I am using
> Ubuntu 12.04. I tried using fingerprint-gui but it crashes with segmentation
> fault. fprint_demo is working.

Yes. The problem with fingerprint-gui is a segmentation fault not yet solved. 
In order to use it, you have to unistall fingerprint-gui.
Since Ubuntu 11.10 the system integrates the fingerprint authentification 
without using other fingerprint-gui. And that way it works with this driver. 

So to login and authenticate you must have Ubuntu 11.10 or 12.04,
uninstall fingerprint-gui. Then reboot the system. Then to access the
"Ubuntu" fingerprint go to: System setting -> User accounts. In the
users account window you will see the option "Fingerprint Login" on
every account. Click the button and register your fingerprints. You will
be able to login and use authenticate when root privileges are needed.

P.D. The fingerprint login unfortunately doesn't work if the home user
folder is encrypted. But that is not a problem of the driver, is a
Ubuntu (or linux) bug.

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gui/+bug/744310/comments/90

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On 2012-07-23T16:40:13+00:00 Gaurav Saxena wrote:

(In reply to comment #15)
> 
> Yes. The problem with fingerprint-gui is a segmentation fault not yet solved.
> In order to use it, you have to unistall fingerprint-gui.
> Since Ubuntu 11.10 the system integrates the fingerprint authentification
> without using other fingerprint-gui. And that way it works with this driver. 
> 
> So to login and authenticate you must have Ubuntu 11.10 or 12.04, uninstall
> fingerprint-gui. Then reboot the system. Then to access the "Ubuntu"
> fingerprint go to: System setting -> User accounts. In the users account 
> window
> you will see the option "Fingerprint Login" on every account. Click the button
> and register your fingerprints. You will be able to login and use authenticate
> when root privileges are needed. 
> 
> P.D. The fingerprint login unfortunately doesn't work if the home user folder
> is encrypted. But that is not a problem of the driver, is a Ubuntu (or linux)
> bug.

Hi, 
OK. I tried that method ,but I couldn't find any fingerprint login option in 
that menu. I am using Gnome3 with Ubuntu 12.04. I tried modifying 
/etc/pam.d/login but its not working. Could you suggest me some method for 
doing the same.

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gui/+bug/744310/comments/91

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On 2012-07-23T18:01:45+00:00 carlosv wrote:

Created attachment 64558
Screenshot fingerprint login Ubuntu

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gui/+bug/744310/comments/92

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On 2012-07-23T18:02:17+00:00 carlosv wrote:

Hi
Unfortunately at the moment there is not other method. To use the 
fingerprint-gui we must wait until somebody solves the segmentation fault. Now, 
I really find strange that you do not have this option in the users menu. I 
tried in Unity and Gnome and both are there. I attached a screen-shot of how 
you supposed to find it. Make sure you installed the fprint .deb customized 
from the forum. Hope it helps.

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gui/+bug/744310/comments/93

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On 2012-07-24T16:47:32+00:00 Gaurav Saxena wrote:

(In reply to comment #18)
> Hi
> Unfortunately at the moment there is not other method. To use the
> fingerprint-gui we must wait until somebody solves the segmentation fault. 
> Now,
> I really find strange that you do not have this option in the users menu. I
> tried in Unity and Gnome and both are there. I attached a screen-shot of how
> you supposed to find it. Make sure you installed the fprint .deb customized
> from the forum. Hope it helps.

Thank you very much its working now. I did all the steps again and now
it works. Thanks a lot for your help. :)

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gui/+bug/744310/comments/94

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On 2012-07-24T19:10:01+00:00 carlosv wrote:

(In reply to comment #19)
> (In reply to comment #18)
> > Hi
> > Unfortunately at the moment there is not other method. To use the
> > fingerprint-gui we must wait until somebody solves the segmentation fault. 
> > Now,
> > I really find strange that you do not have this option in the users menu. I
> > tried in Unity and Gnome and both are there. I attached a screen-shot of how
> > you supposed to find it. Make sure you installed the fprint .deb customized
> > from the forum. Hope it helps.
> 
> Thank you very much its working now. I did all the steps again and now it
> works. Thanks a lot for your help. :)

Glad I could help!

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gui/+bug/744310/comments/95

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On 2012-07-30T09:56:00+00:00 Andree wrote:

Created attachment 64946
vfs301 driver (1st public version)

Hi,

I have somewhat updated and improved the driver, should be a little more
compatible with the coding style (in terms of internal functionality) of
other libfprint drivers. I'm attaching the current version of the patch
- please someone integrate it, so that I don't have to keep it on github
sync'd .-)


Some notes:

The driver is for the devices 138a:0005 (primarily) and 138a:0008 (some
users reported it as working too).

Unfortunately, we didn't decypher the protocol to much detail - so
currently it mostly just repeats sequences the original binary driver
does (that seems to work fine). That's why the driver doesn't look so
pretty as other drivers. Maybe some users will be able to help with that
:-)


The device on my notebook contains a LED next to the scanner, but I also didn't 
yet figure out how to control it - but anyhow, can libfprint use it to provide 
some feedback, even if we know how to control the LED?

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gui/+bug/744310/comments/96


** Changed in: libfprint
       Status: Unknown => In Progress

** Changed in: libfprint
   Importance: Unknown => Medium

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