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Ubuntu is not showing fingerprint setup in settings

device: Vivobook-ASUSLaptop-M6500IH-M6500IH OS: Ubuntu 22.04

is there any way of fixing it

lsusb does show it

Bus 003 Device 015: ID 2808:a658 Realtek USB2.0 Finger Print Bridge FocalTech Fingerprint Device

BIpul Harsh
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try this https://github.com/ftfpteams/RTS5811-FT9366-fingerprint-linux-driver-with-VID-2808-and-PID-a658 some discussion: https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/libfprint/libfprint/-/merge_requests/413#note_2256055

I didn't manage to use it on arch, but probably on ubuntu this will help.

gleruzh
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This is not just an Ubuntu related issue. There is simply no Linux driver for this specific finger print scanner, according to e.g. https://linux-hardware.org/?id=usb:2808-a658, matching also my own experience. The windows drivers also date back several years.

There are people reverse engineering drivers for Linux. I ran across this for example: https://infinytum.co/fixing-my-fingerprint-reader-on-linux-by-writing-a-driver-for-it/. Maybe this can help you to figure out how to do this.

Byte Commander
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Tom Birdshill
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I got it to work on both Arch and Ubuntu.

sudo apt remove libfprint*
sudo dpkg -i libfprint-2-2_1.94.4+tod1-0ubuntu1~22.04.2_amd64_rts5811.deb
sudo apt install fprintd
ibic
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