2008/4/17 Chris <racerx@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>: > On Thu, 17 Apr 2008 10:44:58 -0700 > Rick Stevens <ricks@xxxxxxxx> wrote: > > > Chris wrote: > > > Greetings, > > > > > > I have this nifty laptop that I removed XP from but would love to > > > use the fingerprint reader. > > > > > > Is there such software to use w/Fedora? > > > > Depends on the scanner. On my HP DV6000, libfprint works. It's an > > AuthenTec scanner with a USB ID of 08ff:2580. > > I'm guessin not then. Modprobe uinput returns nothing and dmsg isn't > much help either. > > > > > -- > Best regards, > > Chris > > () ascii ribbon campaign - against html e-mail > /\ www.asciiribbon.org - against proprietary attachments > > "There's no place like 127.0.0.1" > > -- > fedora-list mailing list > fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx > To unsubscribe: https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list > Last time I looked the fingerprint scanners were easy to trick. I chalked it up to a waste of time to even bother with it. They any better now? I 'll see if I can dig up the how-to, I'm sure someone will ask. Now a retinal scanner that would be fun to play with and hopefully hard to impossible to beat. Max -- fedora-list mailing list fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe: https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list
