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GNU/Linux: Using fingerprint reader on Lenovo Thinkpad t440s, t450s

1) find fingerprint sensor id (make sure it’s enabled in BIOS): lsusb mine is: Bus 002 Device 002: ID 138a:0017 Validity Sensors, Inc. Fingerprint Reader 2) install fingerprint packages: sudo add-apt-repository ppa:fingerprint/fingerprint-gui sudo apt-get update sudo apt-get install libbsapi policykit-1-fingerprint-gui fingerprint-gui 3) run “Finerprint GUI” from applications

TEMPer 1.4 on GNU/Linux Ubuntu

git clone https://github.com/padelt/temper-python.git cd temper-python sudo python setup.py install sudo temper-poll gives … parallels@ubuntu:~/temper-python$ sudo temper-poll Found 1 devices Device #0: 31.2°C 88.1°F Needed to adjust scale and offset, it was off for +6.5 Celsius. So first find out which USB bus TEMPer is connected to: lsusb | grep “0c45:7401” Now we get the ports: […]

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