Bug 233223

Summary:	thinkfinger does not work with an LENOVO ThinkPad T61 Modell NH0BBGE 6457-BBG Laptop
Product:	Gentoo Linux	Reporter:	Benjamin Schulz <schulz.benjamin>
Component:	New packages	Assignee:	Michael Weber (RETIRED) <xmw>
Status:	RESOLVED TEST-REQUEST
Severity:	normal	CC:	victor.quicksilver, xmw
Priority:	High
Version:	unspecified
Hardware:	All
OS:	Linux
Whiteboard:
Package list:		Runtime testing required:	---

Description Benjamin Schulz 2008-07-29 05:15:09 UTC

When I install thinkfinger, and want to use the integrated fingerprint reader, I get the following output:

tf-tool --acquire:
(get fingerprint)
Then it hangs with:

Warning: usb_bulk_read expected to read 0x40 (read 0x20 bytes)

I do not know why this happens, but I cannot store a fingerprint.

Reproducible: Always

Comment 1 Moritz Bellach 2008-09-12 17:32:11 UTC

Have you tried loading the uinput module?

Comment 2 Benjamin Schulz 2008-09-12 18:14:44 UTC

unfortunately, Yes I have done this. 

Users of the distri Ubuntu had also the same problems with thinkfinger:
https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/thinkfinger/+bug/214404


I'm now working with libfprint and this works. So I could not help testing anymore.

Comment 3 Tony Vroon (RETIRED) gentoo-dev

2008-09-14 15:58:22 UTC

I no longer have the hardware required to support ThinkFinger. I will schedule this software for removal as nobody seems to care about it. Sorry.

Comment 4 Michael Weber (RETIRED) gentoo-dev

2010-10-01 08:00:05 UTC

(In reply to comment #3)
> I no longer have the hardware required to support ThinkFinger. I will schedule
> this software for removal as nobody seems to care about it. Sorry.

I can take care about it (have the hardware and use the software), as porxy if Victor is still interested. 

Can we stabilize this package, please (STABLEREQ bug)?! 

Michael

Comment 5 Víctor Enríquez 2010-10-02 10:17:20 UTC

Hi Michael, I maintain this package with Tony Vroom (Chainsaw) doing proxy commiting for me. I only have a Dell XPS M1530 to test the package, so you are welcome to test it too. Anyway I think this package will be replaced sooner with libfprint, which seems a more polished package, and supports more devices, but libfprint has a problem it's not on portage. So maybe you can write and ebuild for it Michael (if you are interested, of course) and start maintaining it so we can do a migration from thinkfinger to libfprint,pam_fprint, and fprintd.
Let me know what you think.

Comment 6 Víctor Enríquez 2010-10-02 10:20:21 UTC

Also upstream it's a Gentoo developer, (dsd@gentoo.org AFAIK), so it's easier to solve bugs, and contribute with patches.