fprint and kdescreensaver in KDE4/Fedora9
Jeffrey D Anderson <[email protected]>
| Newsgroups | gmane.linux.kde.redhat.user |
|---|---|
| Organization | LBNL |
| Message-ID | <[email protected]> |
I got a new laptop with a fingerprint reader about a month ago. Since Fedora 9 wasn't ready, and I didn't want to spend my time getting everything working with Fedora 8, only to have to reinstall in a month, I decided to have a look at Kubuntu 8.04 until the Fedora 9 release. Under Kubuntu 8.04 fprint/pam_fprint worked with kdm and kdescreensaver. I'd leave the password field blank, click the "login" or "unlock" button and then be prompted to swipe my finger. I'd do it, and be logged in or the screen unlocked. So Tuesday I installed Fedora 9 (it's a relief to be back in the familiar redhat-ish world). fprint/pam_fprint works fine with the default GDM, but does not work with kdescreensaver. I never get prompted to swipe my finger and am required to enter a password. Since it works with KDE 4.0.3 under Kubuntu, it must be possible. Would it be possible to get fprint working with KDE4 on Fedora 9? I don't know if it is just a configure flag to kdebase or kdelibs, or if there is some patch required. But it would be very cool to have it working again. Thanks, -- -------------------------------------------------------------- Jeffrey Anderson | [email protected] Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory | Office: 50A-5104E | Mailstop 50A-5101 Phone: 510 486-4208 | Fax: 510 486-6808 ------------------------------------------------------------------------- This SF.net email is sponsored by: Microsoft Defy all challenges. Microsoft(R) Visual Studio 2008. http://clk.atdmt.com/MRT/go/vse0120000070mrt/direct/01/