What is the status of getting the fingerprint reader to work in Linux Mint? To date I have not been able to get it working and I cannot find much discussion of this.
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Serial: FRANBMCPAB1443024T
Host: Laptop AB
BIOS: INSYDE Corp. 3.17 (10/27/2022)
OS: Linux Mint 21.2 x86_64
DE: Cinnamon 5.8.4 (x11)
Kernel: Linux 5.15.0-78-generic
Shell: bash 5.1.16
WM: Mutter (Muffin)
CPU: 11th Gen Intel i7-1165G7 (8) @ 4.7GHz
GPU: Intel TigerLake-LP GT2 [Iris Xe Graphics]
GPU Driver: i915
Memory: 4.81 GiB / 15.40 GiB (31%)
Disk (/): 43G / 228G (20%)
Network: Wifi6
Bluetooth: Intel Corp. AX210
I have replaced Cinnamon with Gnome (DE: GNOME 42.9 (x11)) and now the fingerprint option appears in Settings>Users>Fingerprint Login. Even though I have enabled FP login the prompt does not appear at Login or with sudo… I have tried using my fingerprint even without the prompt but it is not recognized.
Holy Moses! I have got the FP reader to work on Linux Mint with Gnome. First, I replaced Cinnamon with the latest Gnome. (I suspect that the FP is dependent upon Gnome.) After reboot I was allowed to enroll a fingerprint in Settings>Users>Fingerprint Login, and rebooted again, but still there was no FP action allowed. After poking around in other threads I came across this command: sudo pam-auth-update. Ran it and in the PAM Configuration box I made sure that Fingerprint Authentication line was checked and then hit OK. After reboot I now have FP at login and for sudu.
Host: Laptop AB
BIOS: INSYDE Corp. 3.17 (10/27/2022)
OS: Linux Mint 21.2 x86_64
DE: GNOME 42.9 (x11)
Kernel: Linux 5.15.0-78-generic
Shell: bash 5.1.16
WM: Mutter
CPU: 11th Gen Intel i7-1165G7 (8) @ 4.7GHz
GPU: Intel TigerLake-LP GT2 [Iris Xe Graphics]
GPU Driver: i915
Memory: 2.79 GiB / 15.40 GiB (18%)
Disk (/): 49G / 228G (23%)
Network: Wifi6
Bluetooth: Intel Corp. AX210