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[TRACKING] Fingerprint scanner compatibility with linux (ubuntu, fedora, etc)

Sorry to hear you guys can’t get your fingerprint readers working. In case anybody else comes here wondering what python script you are refering to, it deletes fingerprints held in the device’s memory but that weren’t registered on the current OS. Here is a version I modified to require root privaleges, and only list the fingerprints if not given a -d flag: libfprint_delete_device_prints.py To list the prints run: sudo python3 libfprint_delete_device_prints.py To delete them all run: sudo …

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[TRACKING] Fingerprint scanner compatibility with linux (ubuntu, fedora, etc)

@snee (and anyone else) First of all, clone this repository: git clone https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/devyn/libfprint.git --branch goodixmoc-clear-storage To build, you will need several dependencies, but to start you’ll need meson and ninja as well as the usual gcc setup. Once you have that, run: mkdir build meson setup build Meson will tell you if you have any missing dependencies. For each one, install it and then run meson setup build again until it succeeds. On Ubuntu/Debian, you will …

Huge thanks to @Henry_Luengas and @Devyn_Cairns for helping me get my fingerprint scanner fixed on Linux.