fingerprint reader

[Basil Chupin]

On 06/10/2010 20:09, Cary Bielenberg wrote:
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> On 06/10/10 19:05, Basil Chupin wrote:
>> On 06/10/2010 19:42, O. Sinclair wrote:
>>      
>>> On 06/10/2010 10:32, Cary Bielenberg wrote:
>>>
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>>>> On 06/10/10 18:16, O. Sinclair wrote:
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>>>>          
>>>>> On 06/10/2010 09:48, Basil Chupin wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>            
>>>>>> On 06/10/2010 18:24, O. Sinclair wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>>              
>>>>>>> On 06/10/2010 09:06, Basil Chupin wrote:
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>                
>>>>>>>> On 06/10/2010 17:17, O. Sinclair wrote:
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>                  
>>>>>>>>> Is there someone with experience of getting a fingerprint-reader on a
>>>>>>>>> laptop working for identification/password purposes?
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> I have tried searching around internet but not found anything very
>>>>>>>>> informative on how to go about this.
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> Kind regards,
>>>>>>>>> Sinclair
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>                    
>>>>>>>> Sorry, "O" but I don't think you have really tried.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Have you tried Google with "fingerprint reader + laptop" and even adding
>>>>>>>> "...+ linux" if you are using, say, Ubuntu"?
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> There are some 1.13million "hits" to the first search option. Surley one
>>>>>>>> of them would answer your question, no?
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> BC
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>                  
>>>>>>> And given this is a Kubuntu list - yes I do use Kubuntu 10.04
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>                
>>>>>> But Kubuntu *IS* Linux isn't it?
>>>>>>
>>>>>> BC
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>              
>>>>> Not that it is my business but did you wake up on the wrong side or
>>>>> something?
>>>>>
>>>>> Best
>>>>> Sinclair
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>            
>>>> Ok there might be gazillions of references to fingerprint reader in
>>>> Goggle land but to my knowledge there is no support for Fingerprint
>>>> reader in KDE4. I used to have it working in 3.x but every new laptop I
>>>> buy I go through the paces of trying get them going but to no avail yet.
>>>> I have a bug reported at kde.org
>>>>
>>>>          
>>> Yes it seems  you are correct.. there is a looong thread on ubuntuforums
>>> I eventually found but frankly it does not seem worth the effort of even
>>> trying to get it working.
>>>
>>> Then there is this:
>>> http://blog.djaara.net/wordpress/kategorie/english/kfingermanager/
>>> but it has no maintainer so Sergio has refused to incorporate it in KDE
>>>
>>> /Sinclair
>>>
>>>        
>> Sorry to read this.
>>
>> Is this confined to Kubuntu only or to all distros using KDE?
>>
>> BC
>>
>>      
> Unfortunately it is all KDE4 derivatives. It seems that the KDE devs 
> don't see any merit in Fingerprint reader & also see it as a security 
> risk. The best we could do is see if the Kubuntu devs are willing to 
> take this project on.

I see.

Thanks for this piece of information.

BC

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