hi, it seems it does not start. output from terminal: ubuntu@ubuntu-inspiron-5482:~$ sudo apt install fprintd Reading package lists... Done Building dependency tree... Done Reading state information... Done The following NEW packages will be installed: fprintd 0 upgraded, 1 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded. Need to get 0 B/97,4 kB of archives. After this operation, 680 kB of additional disk space will be used. Selecting previously unselected package fprintd. (Reading database ... 424549 files and directories currently installed.) Preparing to unpack .../fprintd_1.94.1-1_amd64.deb ... Unpacking fprintd (1.94.1-1) ... Setting up fprintd (1.94.1-1) ... fprintd.service is a disabled or a static unit not running, not starting it. Processing triggers for dbus (1.12.20-2ubuntu2) ... Processing triggers for man-db (2.10.1-1) ... ubuntu@ubuntu-inspiron-5482:~$ systemctl restart fprintd.service Job for fprintd.service failed because a fatal signal was delivered to the control process. See "systemctl status fprintd.service" and "journalctl -xeu fprintd.service" for details. ubuntu@ubuntu-inspiron-5482:~$ systemctl status fprintd.service × fprintd.service - Fingerprint Authentication Daemon Loaded: loaded (/lib/systemd/system/fprintd.service; static) Active: failed (Result: signal) since Thu 2022-02-17 00:20:25 CET; 15s ago Docs: man:fprintd(1) Process: 33083 ExecStart=/usr/libexec/fprintd (code=killed, signal=SEGV) Main PID: 33083 (code=killed, signal=SEGV) CPU: 531ms
feb 17 00:20:23 ubuntu-inspiron-5482 systemd[1]: Starting Fingerprint Authentication Daemon... feb 17 00:20:25 ubuntu-inspiron-5482 systemd[1]: fprintd.service: Main process exited, code=killed, status=11/SEGV feb 17 00:20:25 ubuntu-inspiron-5482 systemd[1]: fprintd.service: Failed with result 'signal'. feb 17 00:20:25 ubuntu-inspiron-5482 systemd[1]: Failed to start Fingerprint Authentication Daemon. ubuntu@ubuntu-inspiron-5482:~$ journalctl -xeu fprintd.service ░░ ░░ The job identifier is 2235. feb 15 16:45:17 ubuntu-inspiron-5482 systemd[1]: fprintd.service: Main process exited, code=killed, status=11/SEGV ░░ Subject: Unit process exited ░░ Defined-By: systemd ░░ Support: http://www.ubuntu.com/support ░░ ░░ An ExecStart= process belonging to unit fprintd.service has exited. ░░ ░░ The process' exit code is 'killed' and its exit status is 11. feb 15 16:45:17 ubuntu-inspiron-5482 systemd[1]: fprintd.service: Failed with result 'signal'. ░░ Subject: Unit failed ░░ Defined-By: systemd ░░ Support: http://www.ubuntu.com/support ░░ ░░ The unit fprintd.service has entered the 'failed' state with result 'signal'. feb 15 16:45:17 ubuntu-inspiron-5482 systemd[1]: Failed to start Fingerprint Authentication Daemon. ░░ Subject: A start job for unit fprintd.service has failed ░░ Defined-By: systemd ░░ Support: http://www.ubuntu.com/support ░░ ░░ A start job for unit fprintd.service has finished with a failure. ░░ ░░ The job identifier is 2235 and the job result is failed. there is also a bug here : https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/fprintd/+bug/1933633 that may be related? Thanks for the heads up, hope these things will be solved. Still seems like a good idea in the context of this bug to handle fprintd not working gracefully? -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1960336 Title: No login screen when fprintd is installed and not starting To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gdm3/+bug/1960336/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs