This did happen to me on Intrepid, thinkpad X41 tablet. The issue was that the fingerprint reader would "crash", thus not being recognized by the USB subsystem anymore (error -71). The solution was to activate autosuspend for it: echo "auto" > /sys/devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:1d.2/usb4/4-2/power/level Then the device would virtually "disconnect" from the USB bus and reconnect upon usage, which does not only reduce energy consumption, but in this case helped that it would be recognized again.
-- gnome-screensaver doesn't use fingerprint reader after suspend or hibernate https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/252012 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
