Fingerprint sensor does not work to login/unlock screen

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Hello,

I’m on a fresh install of OpenSUSE Tumbleweed with KDE Plasma 6.3.5 on Wayland.
I used KDE’s System Settings → Users → Configure Fingerprint Authentication to set up my fingerprints, but when I try to login or unlock the screen, nothing happens when I touch the fingerprint sensor.

Here’s the relevant lsusb output:

ceiron@inspiron:~> lsusb | grep Goodix
Bus 003 Device 002: ID 27c6:639c Shenzhen Goodix Technology Co.,Ltd. Goodix USB2.0 MISC

Any additional configuration steps I need to take to get this working?
Thanks!

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I had a look at System Settings → Users but I do not see “Configure Fingerprint Authentication”, that is no surprise as I do not have a fingerprint sensor attached, it also means KDE is seeing your fingerprint sensor.

I think you should run fprintd-verify, see fprint - ArchWiki

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