Fingerprint reader help

[jimmy-r87]

I have tried to install software to get my fingerprint reader working in mint, don't think there's any support for it but I'm not sure.
Anyone have any experience setting one up?

I'm not sure how to show the information about the fingerprint reader as its built into my laptop. If any other information is required if you could suggest the apropriate terminal command I can post the output

System information:

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System:    Kernel: 5.4.0-72-generic x86_64 bits: 64 compiler: gcc v: 9.3.0 Desktop: Cinnamon 4.8.6 
           wm: muffin dm: LightDM Distro: Linux Mint 20.1 Ulyssa base: Ubuntu 20.04 focal 
Machine:   Type: Convertible System: LENOVO product: 81CT v: Lenovo YOGA 730-13IKB 
           serial: <filter> Chassis: type: 31 v: Lenovo YOGA 730-13IKB serial: <filter> 
           Mobo: LENOVO model: LNVNB161216 v: SDK0J40709 WIN serial: <filter> UEFI: LENOVO 
           v: 7LCN32WW(V1.13) date: 12/29/2020 
Battery:   ID-1: BAT1 charge: 37.9 Wh condition: 37.9/48.1 Wh (79%) volts: 8.4/7.7 
           model: 0x43 0x50 0x54 0x2D 0x43 0x4F 0x PABAS0241231 serial: <filter> status: Full 
CPU:       Topology: Quad Core model: Intel Core i5-8250U bits: 64 type: MT MCP arch: Kaby Lake 
           rev: A L2 cache: 6144 KiB 
           flags: avx avx2 lm nx pae sse sse2 sse3 sse4_1 sse4_2 ssse3 vmx bogomips: 28800 
           Speed: 2644 MHz min/max: 400/3400 MHz Core speeds (MHz): 1: 2700 2: 2700 3: 2701 
           4: 2705 5: 2700 6: 2700 7: 2700 8: 2700 
Graphics:  Device-1: Intel UHD Graphics 620 vendor: Lenovo driver: i915 v: kernel bus ID: 00:02.0 
           chip ID: 8086:5917 
           Display: x11 server: X.Org 1.20.9 driver: modesetting unloaded: fbdev,vesa 
           resolution: 1920x1080~60Hz, 2560x1440_59.95~60Hz 
           OpenGL: renderer: Mesa Intel UHD Graphics 620 (KBL GT2) v: 4.6 Mesa 20.2.6 
           direct render: Yes 
Audio:     Device-1: Intel Sunrise Point-LP HD Audio vendor: Lenovo driver: snd_hda_intel 
           v: kernel bus ID: 00:1f.3 chip ID: 8086:9d71 
           Sound Server: ALSA v: k5.4.0-72-generic 
Network:   Device-1: Intel Wireless 8265 / 8275 driver: iwlwifi v: kernel port: 3040 
           bus ID: 6c:00.0 chip ID: 8086:24fd 
           IF: wlp108s0 state: up mac: <filter> 
Drives:    Local Storage: total: 238.47 GiB used: 15.74 GiB (6.6%) 
           ID-1: /dev/nvme0n1 vendor: SK Hynix model: HFS256GD9TNG-62A0A size: 238.47 GiB 
           speed: 31.6 Gb/s lanes: 4 serial: <filter> 
Partition: ID-1: / size: 119.33 GiB used: 15.70 GiB (13.2%) fs: ext4 dev: /dev/nvme0n1p6 
USB:       Hub: 1-0:1 info: Full speed (or root) Hub ports: 12 rev: 2.0 chip ID: 1d6b:0002 
           Device-1: 1-2:2 info: Razer USA Razer DeathAdder Elite type: Mouse,Keyboard 
           driver: hid-generic,usbhid rev: 2.0 chip ID: 1532:005c 
           Device-2: 1-4:3 info: VIA Labs USB 2.0 BILLBOARD type: Billboard driver: N/A rev: 2.0 
           chip ID: 2109:0103 
           Device-3: 1-5:4 info: Syntek Integrated Camera type: Video driver: uvcvideo rev: 2.0 
           chip ID: 174f:2426 
           Device-4: 1-6:5 info: Synaptics type: <vendor specific> driver: N/A rev: 2.0 
           chip ID: 06cb:0081 
           Device-5: 1-7:6 info: Intel type: Bluetooth driver: btusb rev: 2.0 chip ID: 8087:0a2b 
           Hub: 2-0:1 info: Full speed (or root) Hub ports: 6 rev: 3.0 chip ID: 1d6b:0003 
           Hub: 3-0:1 info: Full speed (or root) Hub ports: 2 rev: 2.0 chip ID: 1d6b:0002 
           Hub: 4-0:1 info: Full speed (or root) Hub ports: 2 rev: 3.1 chip ID: 1d6b:0003 
Sensors:   System Temperatures: cpu: 35.0 C mobo: N/A 
           Fan Speeds (RPM): N/A 
Repos:     No active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list 
           Active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/official-package-repositories.list 
           1: deb http: //mirrors.evowise.com/linuxmint/packages ulyssa main upstream import backport
           2: deb http: //mirror.freethought-internet.co.uk/ubuntu focal main restricted universe multiverse
           3: deb http: //mirror.freethought-internet.co.uk/ubuntu focal-updates main restricted universe multiverse
           4: deb http: //mirror.freethought-internet.co.uk/ubuntu focal-backports main restricted universe multiverse
           5: deb http: //security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ focal-security main restricted universe multiverse
           6: deb http: //archive.canonical.com/ubuntu/ focal partner
           Active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/speedtest.list 
           1: deb https: //ookla.bintray.com/debian generic main
           Active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/spotify.list 
           1: deb http: //repository.spotify.com stable non-free
           Active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/sublime-text.list 
           1: deb https: //download.sublimetext.com/ apt/stable/
Info:      Processes: 238 Uptime: 12m Memory: 7.50 GiB used: 1.50 GiB (20.0%) Init: systemd v: 245 
           runlevel: 5 Compilers: gcc: 9.3.0 alt: 9 Client: Unknown python3.8 client inxi: 3.0.38 

[pookito]

Hey friend, did you get it to work? I did. I have a Lenovo X1 Carbon and it works fine for me. The only issue that I have is that requires password everytime for the first log in of the day, other than that, I use the fingerprint reader to unlock the computer. Maybe there is more that I need to know about the this, but at least, it works for me. The software is located on the software manager it is called "fprintd".

A quick tutorial online can help you with that. Please let me know if it worked for you.

[Kendoori]

It looks like you have the Synaptic/Validity hardware which does not work out of the box. I had similar issues with my Thinkpad T480 and I eventually got it working, but it was super unreliable for me, so I gave up.

If you are motivated, there are some people working on this: https://github.com/nmikhailov/Validity90