https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=488847
Bug ID: 488847
Summary: It should be possible to unlock with fingerprint on
lock screen without using the keyboard/mouse to
activate the login UI
Classification: Plasma
Product: kscreenlocker
Version: unspecified
Platform: Other
OS: Linux
Status: REPORTED
Severity: normal
Priority: NOR
Component: general
Assignee: plasma-b...@kde.org
Reporter: eamonn...@protonmail.com
Target Milestone: ---
SUMMARY
When waking up a device from sleep, it will show the time and wallpaper. You
can use the mouse or the keyboard to "focus" and begin logging in.
This by itself is fine, but in order to unlock the device with a fingerprint,
this action has to be taken first. This means you cannot simply open a laptop
lid and use your fingerprint to unlock.
In my case (and from what I have observed in general, for others too) the
fingerprint that my device uses is on the opposite hand to the one I use the
trackpad with.
This case would also allow for opening, say, a laptop lid and pressing the
power button, but keeping your finger on the power button and having it unlock
the device (perhaps after a (configurable?) delay). This is how it works on
macOS for example.
STEPS TO REPRODUCE
1. Setup fingerprint on a device
2. Put device to sleep (i.e. on a laptop, close the lid)
3. Wake device
4. Try to unlock device with fingerprint.
5. Nothing will happen.
6. The lock screen has to be "focused" (unsure of the correct word) to show the
username and password field, and only then can the fingerprint scanner be used
(and works without issue).
OBSERVED RESULT
The fingerprint reader cannot be used until the lock screen is "focused" and
the login user and password field are displayed.
EXPECTED RESULT
The fingerprint reader can be used as soon as the screen comes on and the
screen locker is displayed.
There is a message under the passwordtelling you that you can use your
fignerprint, but it should be possiible to use your fignerprint earlier than
this as well. It works this way on macOS for example (unsure of other operating
systems).
SOFTWARE/OS VERSIONS
Linux/KDE Plasma: 6.9.5 Linux Zen
KDE Plasma Version: 6.1.0
KDE Frameworks Version: 6.3.0
Qt Version: 6.7.1
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
- I am aware that you cannot use the fingerprint on first boot, this issue is
for after a screen is locked / system it put to sleep, not on bootup.
- Unsure if this is a regression, but it has been the behaviour since at least
Plasma 6.0.5, as that is the first time I used a computer other than a Mac with
a fingerprint reader.
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