Biometrics

[Chris]

On Thu, 17 Apr 2008 12:59:25 -0500
Chris <racerx at makeworld.com> wrote:

> On Thu, 17 Apr 2008 10:44:58 -0700
> Rick Stevens <ricks at nerd.com> 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.
> 
> 

For the record, this device is am HP Compaq 2710p
The reader is on the upper left hand corner of the tablet screen.

As you can see, it is being seen as Rick had mentioned. 

Outputof lsusb -v

Bus 005 Device 003: ID 08ff:2580 AuthenTec, Inc. 
Device Descriptor:
  bLength                18
  bDescriptorType         1
  bcdUSB               1.10
  bDeviceClass          255 Vendor Specific Class
  bDeviceSubClass       255 Vendor Specific Subclass
  bDeviceProtocol       255 Vendor Specific Protocol
  bMaxPacketSize0         8
  idVendor           0x08ff AuthenTec, Inc.
  idProduct          0x2580 
  bcdDevice            6.23
  iManufacturer           0 
  iProduct                1 Fingerprint Sensor
  iSerial                 0 
  bNumConfigurations      1
  Configuration Descriptor:
    bLength                 9
    bDescriptorType         2
    wTotalLength           32
    bNumInterfaces          1
    bConfigurationValue     1
    iConfiguration          0 
    bmAttributes         0xa0
      Remote Wakeup
    MaxPower              100mA
    Interface Descriptor:
      bLength                 9
      bDescriptorType         4
      bInterfaceNumber        0
      bAlternateSetting       0
      bNumEndpoints           2
      bInterfaceClass       255 Vendor Specific Class
      bInterfaceSubClass    255 Vendor Specific Subclass
      bInterfaceProtocol    255 Vendor Specific Protocol
      iInterface              0 
      Endpoint Descriptor:
        bLength                 7
        bDescriptorType         5
        bEndpointAddress     0x81  EP 1 IN
        bmAttributes            2
          Transfer Type            Bulk
          Synch Type               None
          Usage Type               Data
        wMaxPacketSize     0x0020  1x 32 bytes
        bInterval               0
      Endpoint Descriptor:
        bLength                 7
        bDescriptorType         5
        bEndpointAddress     0x02  EP 2 OUT
        bmAttributes            2
          Transfer Type            Bulk
          Synch Type               None
          Usage Type               Data
        wMaxPacketSize     0x0008  1x 8 bytes
        bInterval               0


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Best regards,

Chris

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