SUMMARY After installing Neon, I tried setting up fingerprint unlock in the Users KCM. For Framework laptops, this is a documented part of the installation procedure on other distros [1][2]. Neon does not ship the packages by default to enable fingerprint authentication. After installing the required packages (libpam-fprintd, with its dependencies: fprintd, libfprint2-tod1, libfprint2-2-2), the UI show fingerprint setup controls in the Users KCM and the lock screen lets me use fingerprints to unlock the session. The packages should be installed by default. [1] https://guides.frame.work/Guide/Fedora+40+Installation+on+the+Framework+Laptop+13/328 [2] https://guides.frame.work/Guide/Ubuntu+24.04+LTS+Installation+on+the+Framework+Laptop+13/331 STEPS TO REPRODUCE 1. Open Users page in System Settings OBSERVED RESULT No fingerprint setup shown on the page. EXPECTED RESULT "Configure Fingerprint Authentication..." button should show at the bottom for the current user. SOFTWARE/OS VERSIONS KDE neon: testing, circa 2024-11-20 (originally installed from neon-testing-20241029-0033.iso) KDE Plasma Version: 6.2.3
https://invent.kde.org/neon/neon/seeds/-/commit/eb8fcf16d35a15672cd8baa95d33d2114fa48f96 https://invent.kde.org/neon/kde/kscreenlocker/-/commit/7db5904fd8f73fb39a7979d634985e1beefb32c1 added various kscreenlocker optional pam modules as recommends in both kscreenlocker and also in neon-desktop settings package so they should be installed by default from now on. unfortunately the neon builders are a bit fscked at the moment. but hopefully they will be fixed today and then theses changes will propogate out. will close when it can be confirmed as working
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working in release about to snapshot to user