# Fingerprint Scanner on Pop 21.04 hirsute

**URL:** <https://community.frame.work/t/fingerprint-scanner-on-pop-21-04-hirsute/8620>\
**Category:** Framework Laptop 13\
**Created:** [October 6, 2021, 12:12am UTC](https://community.frame.work/t/fingerprint-scanner-on-pop-21-04-hirsute/8620 "2021-10-06T00:12:26Z")\
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**Author:** ![Lobo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/76d3ee/32.png) [@Lobo](https://community.frame.work/u/Lobo)\
**Post date:** [October 6, 2021, 12:12am UTC](https://community.frame.work/t/fingerprint-scanner-on-pop-21-04-hirsute/8620/1 "2021-10-06T00:12:26Z")

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I’m new to Linux (currently using Pop 21.04 hirsute). Does anyone know how to get the fingerprint scanner working? Also, is there a way to disable/lower the fingerprint scanner’s light? Thanks in advance!

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**Author:** ![lbkNhubert](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/e19b73/32.png) [@lbkNhubert](https://community.frame.work/u/lbkNhubert)\
**Post date:** [October 6, 2021, 1:36am UTC](https://community.frame.work/t/fingerprint-scanner-on-pop-21-04-hirsute/8620/2 "2021-10-06T01:36:59Z")

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I am running the same. There are threads on here that cover building libfprint and fprintd iirc. I’m running 1.92.x. I ran into issues with 1.94.x so stayed on 1.92.x It works well. I don’t believe that there is any way to reduce the brightness of the light right now, but I recall reading that it is on the list for a future firmware update at some point.