Dell Vostro 3750 - Fingerprint Reader not configurable.

ScorpionPTA · November 21, 2011, 12:13pm

Hi,

I installed OpenSuSE 12.1 yesterday. I am trying to configure the Fingerprint Reader but the YAST fingerprint tool complains that it cannot find any readers. But they are detected.

Bus 001 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub
Bus 002 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub
Bus 001 Device 002: ID 8087:0024 Intel Corp. Integrated Rate Matching Hub
Bus 002 Device 002: ID 8087:0024 Intel Corp. Integrated Rate Matching Hub
Bus 001 Device 003: ID 138a:0011 Validity Sensors, Inc. VFS5011 Fingerprint Reader
Bus 001 Device 004: ID 05ca:181f Ricoh Co., Ltd 
Bus 002 Device 003: ID 046d:c03d Logitech, Inc. M-BT96a Pilot Optical Mouse
Bus 002 Device 004: ID 8086:0189 Intel Corp. 
Bus 003 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub
Bus 004 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0003 Linux Foundation 3.0 root hub

Any help would be appreciated.

Thanks

buckesfeld · November 21, 2011, 5:43pm

ScorpionPTA wrote, On 11/21/2011 12:16 PM:
> Bus 001 Device 003: ID 138a:0011 Validity Sensors, Inc. VFS5011 Fingerprint Reader

That just means the OS can identify the device by its ID. If there’s no driver, you’re out of luck. Nag Dell about it. I know Validity Sensors does support Linux in general, they have built drivers for SLED, the “commercial” SUSE desktop OS by Novell.

Uwe