To check the device name of the fingerprint reader
$ lsusb
Bus 003 Device 003: ID 10a5:9800 FPC FPC Sensor Controller L:0002 FW:27.26.23.31
You can have different controllers depending on the PC model.
Lenovo officially provides the driver, which can be downloaded from the Lenovo PC support
website under the E14 gen 4
section. The driver works with the E14 gen 5
model and some Ideapad models.
First, download the driver from Lenovo PC support. Download Link
Extract the .zip
file and cd into it directory.
Installation script can be found from Lenovo forums
Here are the step-by-step detailed guides that one can follow,
Edit the install.sh
file at FPC_driver_linux_27.26.23.39/install_fpc/install.sh
if grep -qE 'ID=fedora' /etc/os-release; then
sudo cp ./libfpcbep.so /usr/lib64/
sudo chmod +x /usr/lib64/libfpcbep.so
else
sudo cp ./libfpcbep.so /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/
fi;
then install by,
cd FPC_driver_linux_27.26.23.39/install_fpc
chmod +x install.sh
sudo ./install.sh
Now, also edit the install.sh
file at FPC_driver_linux_libfprint/install_libfprint/install.sh
if grep -qE 'ID=fedora' /etc/os-release; then
sudo dnf -y install libfprint fprintd fprintd-pam 'dnf-command(versionlock)'
sudo dnf versionlock libfprint
sudo cp -r lib/* /usr/lib/
sudo cp usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/* /usr/lib64/
sudo chmod +x /usr/lib64/libfprint-2*
else
sudo cp -r lib/* /lib/
sudo cp -r usr/* /usr/
sudo mkdir -p /var/log/fpc
#avoid libfprint being modified under apt upgrading
echo "libfprint-2-2 hold" | sudo dpkg --set-selections
sudo chmod 755 /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libfprint-2.so.2.0.0
fi
echo "Installation completed successfully. You must reboot your system."
and, install by
cd FPC_driver_linux_libfprint/install_libfprint
chmod +x install.sh
sudo ./install.sh
For opensuse-tumbleweed
replace with if grep -qE 'ID=opensuse-tumbleweed' /etc/os-release; then
or simply copy the file
cd FPC_driver_linux_27.26.23.39/install_fpc/
sudo cp ./libfpcbep.so /usr/lib64/
sudo chmod +x /usr/lib64/libfpcbep.so
cd FPC_driver_linux_libfprint/install_libfprint/
sudo cp -r lib/* /usr/lib/
sudo cp usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/* /usr/lib64/
sudo chmod +x /usr/lib64/libfprint-2*
and in Yast
protected the libfprint-2*
package from Software Management
Whether you have the same fingerprint controller or not, this configuration is the same for all drivers.
First, register your fingerprint using kde-plasma or gnome settings.
If you use fprint
then
# to enroll
fprintd-enroll
# to verify
fprintd-verify
Now, for authetication,
sudo pam-config --update --fprintd
or, for sddm
, first copy the
sudo cp /usr/lib/pam.d/sddm /etc/pam.d/sddm
and put the lines at the beginning of the file
#%PAM-1.0
auth [success=1 new_authtok_reqd=1 default=ignore] pam_unix.so try_first_pass likeauth nullok
auth sufficient pam_fprintd.so
To configure kde
lockscreen to accept password first and then fingerprint,
sudo cp /usr/lib/pam.d/kde /etc/pam.d/kde
and past the lines at the beginning of the file
auth sufficient pam_unix.so try_first_pass likeauth nullok
auth sufficient pam_fprintd.so
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