Fingerprint on Fedora 37

gastugo · November 24, 2022, 2:31pm

Hello everyone,
I’ve just install Fedora 37 on my Lenovo laptop and it is great. But I can’t find if there is a way to make the fingerprint work.
Thanks in advance.

g3tchoo · November 24, 2022, 8:19pm

you should be able to go into gnome settings and configure it under the “Users” tab. if it doesn’t show up though, your device might not be supported. you can check by getting the HWID of your fingerprint reader with the output of lsusb and then seeing if it’s listed here

gastugo · November 25, 2022, 1:48am

Thanks a lot Seth.
It works on windows (I have a dual boot), but I suppose it is not supported on linux. it is not listed by lsusb.

hhlp · November 25, 2022, 8:59am

what about lspci? and them:

Regards.,

frankjunior · November 25, 2022, 9:31am

this type of question is always best in askfedora

gastugo · November 25, 2022, 1:19pm

Thanks Héctor.
I see on the Unsupported Devices link you sent my laptop model |[27c6:55a2]|Ideapad 5.
Rgs

gastugo · November 25, 2022, 1:19pm

Thanks Martin.
I will do next time.

eke-47 · March 7, 2023, 4:42pm

Hello.
I am also looking for this solution, to be able to use the fingerprint on my device.
My device is Lenovo ThinkPad Yoga 370 running Fedora Linux 37 (Workstation)

lsusb detects my sensor to be ID 138a:0097 Validity Sensors, Inc.

amba · March 8, 2023, 10:32am

In your earlier post you mentioned dual boot?

I have triple boot Dell laptop, and in my case
the fingerprint data is deleted when you switch OS.

Apparently it is a (very annoying) security mechanism…
So you have to decide which OS could use fingerprint
and disable it in the other OSs.