Fingerprint not recognized

Framework Laptop 13 Linux
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What do I have to do to make sure my fingerprint is recognized again?

Which Linux distro are you using? Fedora 42

Which release version? 03.04

Which kernel are you using? Linux 6.5.6-300.fc39.x86_64

Which BIOS version are you using? 03.04

Which Framework Laptop 13 model are you using? 13th Gen Intel® Core™

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First of all this is a very old kernel version, is this a boot from the rescue entry in GRUB / are you recovering from some kind of system snafu?

Assuming something like that, which could mean that OS-side fingerprint credentials are busted, what does fprintd-delete say?

$ fprintd-delete --help
Usage:
  fprintd-delete [OPTION…] Delete fingerprints

<username> [-f finger-name [usernames [-f finger-name  ]...]

Help Options:
  -h, --help       Show help options
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You say you are on Fedora 42 but you are telling us you are booting a kernel from f39. Somethin doesn’t really add up here.

Either you are booting some kind of rescue kernel from grub as said, or you have very messed up system.

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I just updated to Fedora 42, hoping it would help. But I’m not sure how to update the kernel. I obviously have a messed up system. It has not crashed on me, though. I’ve been able to use it as needed other than the fingerprint issue.

Here is what i get with fprintd-delete

melaniecarr@melanie-fedora:~$ fprintd-delete --help
Usage:
  fprintd-delete [OPTION…] Delete fingerprints

<username> [-f finger-name [usernames [-f finger-name  ]...]

Help Options:
  -h, --help       Show help options
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I was able to update the Kernel using the link here:

Kernel not updating

The fingerprint is not recognized more times than it is. Not sure what changed that it wouldn’t be recognized more often. It’s just rare that it IS recognized.

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I don’t know if it helps at all, but if you register a fingerprint in Linux, and then switch to Windows, Windows cannot use the fingerprint you used in Linux, and you have a register it again for windows. And visa-versa. If you registered in on Windows, it won’t work on Linux.
If you want both, you have to register your finger prints twice, once in Windows and once in Linux.

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Thanks. That’s not the case for me. I prefer Linux. Of course now it seems to be working fine once I’m logged into my computer. I don’t get it, but meh.

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Before doing anything more, I suggest you create a backup of your system if you know how to, and definitely of your documents
What’s the output of dnf repolist --enabled?
And what happens if you try to run dnf up kernel?