Vasily Khoruzhick wrote:

>> I don't know what I mean about having to press enter a couple of times,
>> I am not a kdm user, I am just paraphrasing what was said on this list
>> by another user. I don't know what kind of interface or prompts kdm
>> gives you. What I do know is that you will have to configure PAM to use
>> pam_fprint as detailed on the pam_fprint homepage before this will work.
>
>I'll try to make this clear:
>
>You should choose/enter username in kdm, and then press "Login" button (or 
>just press enter). Popup with text like "Scan right index finger on AuthenTec 
>AES2501" should appear. Swipe your finger and press enter again. That's 
>all ;)

Ah, okay its clear! Thanks.

>Hi, maybe kde + fprint users already noticed that kdesu doesn't work well with 
>pam_fprint enabled? Here's quickfix in attachment.
>Hope it will be usefull ;)
>
>Note: it isn't very convenient, and behaves in way kdm&kscreensaver behave:
>you should press enter when it asks your pass - popup will appear - then swipe 
>finger and press enter again.

Yes kdesu doesn't work correctly. I try the patch out... morning. The 
kscreensaver works!



Daniel Drake wrote:

>> Okay, pam_fprint works at the shell (su and then the finger :)) but
>> not at KDM. I get the error: Could not locate any suitable
>> fingerprints matched with available hardware. Can anyone help me with
>> this problem?
>
>Which user did you enroll as?
>Which user are you trying to login to with KDM?
>
>I'm guessing that you ran "enroll" as root, hence "su" verifies the root 
>account just fine, however at the KDM login screen you're trying to 
>login as a non-root user that you have not enrolled -- so no 
>fingerprints are available.

You're right. That's was it!

Thanks to all my helpers.
__________________________________________________________________________
Erweitern Sie FreeMail zu einem noch leistungsstärkeren E-Mail-Postfach!        
        
Mehr Infos unter http://produkte.web.de/club/?mc=021131

_______________________________________________
fprint mailing list
[email protected]
http://lists.reactivated.net/mailman/listinfo/fprint

Reply via email to