[Fingerforce-devel] Bug#679001: Bug#679001: libfprint0: Missing fingerprint reader in 60-libfprint0.rules

[Chris]

Hi

and thanks for your quick reply and the quick fix of this. I've just
pulled the latest version from unstable and can confirm that this is
fixed now.

Thanks again

-- 
Chris

Am 26.06.2012 10:48, schrieb Didier 'OdyX' Raboud:
> tags 679001 +patch +pending
> thanks
>
> Hi Chris, and thanks for your bugreport,
>
> Le lundi, 25 juin 2012 18.16:49, Chris a écrit :
>> while using the fingerprint-gui https://launchpad.net/~fingerprint on my
>> Thinkpad T61 with this fingerprint  reader:
>>
>> Bus 002 Device 002: ID 0483:2016 SGS Thomson Microelectronics
>> Fingerprint Reader
>>
>> i've got the message "cloud not open fingerprint-device". After adding
>> the following line:
>>
>> SUBSYSTEM=="usb", ATTRS{idVendor}=="0483", ATTRS{idProduct}=="2016",
>> ATTRS{dev}=="*", ATTR{power/control}="auto", MODE="0664", GROUP="plugdev"
>>
>> to my
>>
>> /lib/udev/rules.d/60-libfprint0.rules
>>
>> the gui is now working.
> Indeed. The udev rules generator was too smart: your device is blacklisted by 
> libfprint for the power/control capability so there was no udev rule created 
> at all. The attached patch embeds the Debian-specifics in that udev rules 
> generator while respecting the blacklist for power/control.
>
> This will be uploaded soon.
>
>> SUBSYSTEM=="usb", ATTRS{idVendor}=="0483", ATTRS{idProduct}=="2015",
>> ATTRS{dev}=="*", ATTR{power/control}="auto", MODE="0664", GROUP="plugdev"
>> SUBSYSTEM=="usb", ATTRS{idVendor}=="1162", ATTRS{idProduct}=="0300",
>> ATTRS{dev}=="*", ATTR{power/control}="auto", MODE="0664", GROUP="plugdev"
>>
>> Maybe this readers can be added to the rules file from libfprint0?
> No; and here's why: 0483:2015 and 1162:0300 are devices supported by the 
> "upektc" and "fdu2000" drivers respectively. These two drivers cannot 
> currently be compiled in libfprint and are marked as "not ported" (to 
> libusb-1.0).
>
> So before adding the udev rules for them, one needs to port the drivers.
>
> Cheers,
>
> OdyX