Description
Validity fingerprint sensor driver.
Installation Instructions
$ sudo dnf copr enable pbo/python-validity
$ sudo dnf install open-fprintd fprintd-clients fprintd-clients-pam python3-validity
Prepare
$ sudo systemctl start python3-validity.service
$ sudo systemctl start open-fprintd.service
$ sudo systemctl enable open-fprintd-resume.service open-fprintd-suspend.service open-fprintd.service python3-validity.service
If fprintd-enroll fails with error Impossible to enroll: GDBus.Error:net.reactivated.Fprint.Error.NoSuchDevice, then follow instructions from this comment: python-validity issue #103.
Setup fingerprint auth
$ sudo authselect enable-feature with-fingerprint
$ sudo authselect apply-changes
and check
$ sudo authselect current
Profile ID: sssd
Enabled features:
- with-silent-lastlog
- with-fingerprint
Troubleshooting
Active Releases
The following unofficial repositories are provided as-is by owner of this project. Contact the owner directly for bugs or issues (IE: not bugzilla).
| Release | Architectures | Repo Download |
|---|---|---|
Fedora 40
|
i386 (70)*, x86_64 (52)* | Fedora 40 (0 downloads) |
Fedora 41
|
i386 (67)*, x86_64 (57)* | Fedora 41 (79 downloads) |
Fedora 42
|
i386 (44)*, x86_64 (109)* | Fedora 42 (113 downloads) |
Fedora 43
|
i386 (22)*, x86_64 (24)* | Fedora 43 (22 downloads) |
Fedora rawhide
|
i386 (143)*, x86_64 (114)* | Fedora rawhide (85 downloads) |
Rhel 9
|
x86_64 (26)* | Rhel 9 (101 downloads) |
* Total number of downloaded packages.
Quick Enable
#> dnf copr enable pbo/python-validity
More info about enabling Copr repositories
Fedora 40
Rhel 9