Bug 458284

Summary: fingerprint authentication, always fails
Product: [Frameworks and Libraries] frameworks-kauth Reporter: Philippe ROUBACH <philippe.roubach>
Component: generalAssignee: kdelibs bugs <kdelibs-bugs-null>
Status: RESOLVED UPSTREAM    
Severity: normal CC: nate
Priority: NOR    
Version First Reported In: 5.97.0   
Target Milestone: ---   
Platform: openSUSE   
OS: Linux   
Latest Commit: Version Fixed In:
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Description Philippe ROUBACH 2022-08-25 07:40:53 UTC
SUMMARY

login screen or lock screen, with my index or my middle finger, fingerprint fails with errors :
- swiping is too short
or
- fingerprint is not recognized

Is there any problem with my BENSS reader ?

SOFTWARE/OS VERSIONS
Windows: 
macOS: 
Linux/KDE Plasma: 
(available in About System)
KDE Plasma Version: 5.25.4
KDE Frameworks Version: 5.97.0
Qt Version: 5.15.5
KDE Gears 22.08.0

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

fingerprint reader : usb adapter Benss (ID 04f3:0c3d Elan Microelectronics Corp. ELAN:Fingerprint)

sddm file contents :

#%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
auth     include        common-auth
account  include        common-account
password include        common-password
session  required       pam_loginuid.so
session  include        common-session
session  optional       pam_keyinit.so revoke force

kde file contents:

auth                    sufficient      pam_unix.so try_first_pass likeauth nullok
auth                    sufficient      pam_fprintd.so
Comment 1 Nate Graham 2022-08-25 10:32:58 UTC
This is an issue with fprint or your hardware, not any problem in KDE code.