RHEL 7.2 - How to enable fingerprint reader for HP ZBook using Validity Sensors, Inc. VFS495 Fingerprint Reader
Currently trying to configure the fingerprint reader feature on my RHEL7.2 running on HP ZBook as part of a corporate assignment.
Has anyone done it? Still not working for me.
OS information: Linux nclhp02523 3.10.0-327.4.4.el7.x86_64 #1 SMP Thu Dec 17 15:51:24 EST 2015 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux
Hardware information: HP ZBook
Fingerprint HW: Validity Sensors, Inc. VFS495 Fingerprint Reader
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Couple of things I have done,
1- Installed:
[nleon@nclhp02523 pam.d]$ rpm -qa | grep fprint libfprint-0.5.0-3.el7.x86_64 fprintd-0.5.0-4.0.el7_0.x86_64 fprintd-pam-0.5.0-4.0.el7_0.x86_64
2- Tried to enabled the fprintd-service and got this message:
[nleon@nclhp02523 pam.d]$ systemctl enable fprintd The unit files have no [Install] section. They are not meant to be enabled using systemctl. Possible reasons for having this kind of units are: 1) A unit may be statically enabled by being symlinked from another unit's .wants/ or .requires/ directory. 2) A unit's purpose may be to act as a helper for some other unit which has a requirement dependency on it. 3) A unit may be started when needed via activation (socket, path, timer, D-Bus, udev, scripted systemctl call, ...).
3- Service status reads:
[nleon@nclhp02523 pam.d]$ systemctl status fprintd ● fprintd.service - Fingerprint Authentication Daemon Loaded: loaded (/usr/lib/systemd/system/fprintd.service; static; vendor preset: disabled) Active: inactive (dead) Docs: man:fprintd(1) Mar 30 11:16:12 nclhp02523 fprintd[14042]: ** Message: D-Bus service launched with name: net.reactivated.Fprint Mar 30 11:16:12 nclhp02523 fprintd[14042]: ** Message: entering main loop Mar 30 11:16:16 nclhp02523 systemd[1]: Started Fingerprint Authentication Daemon. Mar 30 11:16:43 nclhp02523 fprintd[14042]: ** Message: No devices in use, exit Mar 30 11:21:36 nclhp02523 systemd[1]: Starting Fingerprint Authentication Daemon... Mar 30 11:21:36 nclhp02523 systemd[1]: Started Fingerprint Authentication Daemon. Mar 30 11:21:36 nclhp02523 fprintd[14695]: Launching FprintObject Mar 30 11:21:36 nclhp02523 fprintd[14695]: ** Message: D-Bus service launched with name: net.reactivated.Fprint Mar 30 11:21:36 nclhp02523 fprintd[14695]: ** Message: entering main loop Mar 30 11:22:06 nclhp02523 fprintd[14695]: ** Message: No devices in use, exit
4- Device is shown on lsusb:
[nleon@nclhp02523 pam.d]$ lsusb | grep Finger Bus 001 Device 003: ID 138a:003f Validity Sensors, Inc. VFS495 Fingerprint Reader
5- fprintd-enroll output:
[nleon@nclhp02523 pam.d]$ fprintd-enroll list_devices failed: No devices available
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