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daunbailo

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Registered: 2015-11-22

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Login with fingerprint

Hi!
there any additional option or app that allows the notebook's fingerprint reader (Lenovo Thinkpad X series) to be used to access the system?
In the default installation of Xubuntu 23.04 I didn't see any.

BenyaminL

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Registered: 2019-10-11

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Re: Login with fingerprint

Hi!
there any additional option or app that allows the notebook's fingerprint reader (Lenovo Thinkpad X series) to be used to access the system?
In the default installation of Xubuntu 23.04 I didn't see any.

You need to use fprintd, and it will automatically show fingerprint as option to log in.

I have been long not using Ubuntu/Debian based, because of enterprise linux (I love it so much, but in past I do admire xubuntu).

Some resources that will help is from arch wiki
https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/Fprint

or others like
https://manpages.ubuntu.com/manpages/fo … ntd.1.html

https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Features/Fingerprint

Even I use fedora, sometimes arch wiki is better