sneexy/python-validity

Validity fingerprint sensor driver.

Actively maintained fork of tigro/python-validity.

On Fedora Workstation:

$ sudo dnf copr enable sneexy/python-validity
$ sudo dnf install open-fprintd fprintd-clients fprintd-clients-pam python3-validity

On Fedora CoreOS/Silverblue/Kinoite/Any immutable flavor:

$ cd /etc/yum.repos.d/
$ sudo wget https://copr.fedorainfracloud.org/coprs/sneexy/python-validity/repo/fedora-$(rpm -E %fedora)/sneexy-python-validity-fedora-$(rpm -E %fedora).repo
$ rpm-ostree override remove fprintd fprintd-pam --install open-fprintd --install fprintd-clients --install fprintd-clients-pam --install 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

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

If you have problems with your fingerprint reader after waking up/coming back from sleep/suspend, enable the alternative services after disabling the built-in ones:

$ sudo systemctl disable open-fprintd-resume.service open-fprintd-suspend.service
$ sudo systemctl enable open-fprintd-restart-after-resume.service python3-validity-restart-after-resume.service

Readme.md from the original repository