New Project Fingerprint GUI

[schulze]

Some weeks ago I've started a new project "Fingerprint GUI". The project is aimed
to enable fingerprint authentication and login for Linux systems. Unlike the
other known solutions like thinkfinger, fprint-demo and BIO-API it allows
acquiring, verification and complete login based on a well designed and very
easy to use graphical user interface.

You can see screenshots, download sources and precompiled binaries from the
project homepage at http://www.pdfserver.net/fingerprint.

A tutorial "Ubuntu Step by Step" is included.

The system is based on device drivers from the "fprint project"
(http://reactivated.net/fprint/wiki/Main_Page)
Because of some known limitations of the "fprint" device drivers when using
fingerprint devices from UPEK Inc. there are precompiled binaries available
in two variants: One with the "libfprint" drivers only and one with additional
use of the proprietary driver library "libbsapi.so" from UPEK Inc. to be used
with their devices.

The login function (user indentification) of the current version works with the
"GDM" display manager only. User authentication by fingerprints can be activated
for "sudo", "su", "gksu" etc. but not for the "gdm-screensaver" yet.

The system is still under development and was tested so far with UPEK's "Touch Strip"
fingerprint reader (also identified as "SGS Thomson") with vendor 0x483/device 0x2016
and with the Authentec AES-2501 Fingerprint Sensor with vendor 0x8ff/device 0x2580.

[freqhack]

FANTASTIC!

I've had no luck getting the other available software to work on my Dell XPS M1330.

It has a STMicroelectronics reader. I'll let you know how it goes...

[schulze]

There is a new version 0.7 out now. It is fully tested on ubuntu 8.04, 8.10 and Fedora 10. It enables fingerprint identifikation (for gdm login) and authentication (for unlocking gnome-screensaver, su, sudo gksu etc.). You can find it on http://www.pdfserver.net/fingerprint.
The project is based on device drivers from the "libfprint" project and compiled on 64-bit systems too.

Doe to a bug in kdm/kscreensaver it is not fully applicable on Kubuntu yet. See bugreport https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=182623. Please vote for this bug report!

A Fingerprint GUI forum where users can report their problems is also availbale here: http://darkblue.homeip.net/FingerprintForum/. Please test it and report your experiences there.

Thanks

W.U.

[srt4play]

Works great, thanks!

[Riptie]

I can't seem to figure out how to install the Binaries. Says I have to run them as root... I am new to Linux and don't know how.
Please help.

I have:
Toshiba Sat. with upek biometric and ubuntu 9.04

[Wobblybob]

I just saw an article in Linux Format [LFX133] July 2010 about Fingerprint GUI, I have no practical use for this other than it's another toy to play with so I searched ebay for a plug & Play scanner and bought an HP USB Fingerprint Reader model No: SK-3350 Part No: 405954-001 which uses the the industry-standard AuthenTec Inc AES2501A hardware from see here for £15.00. The Pc I tested it on is a spare with a 2GB AMD Athlon XP 2K running Ubuntu Karmic 32 bit with Gnome desktop. I used version [0.13] from the mags cover disc and after unpacking it I followed the install instructions provided. After running the install script with;

$s sudo ./install.sh

it listed some dependences which needed installing which where;

libfakekey0, libfprint0, libqca2-plugin-ossl & libQtGui4, I installed these, ran the script again and the program installed, I then enabling uinput and restart the PC. I then ran the fingerprint-gui command and my USB fingerprint reader was immediately recognised. The rest of the instructions are well written and easy to follow, so far I've enabled the su, sudo, gdm and screensaver options and all work, Great Work.

[nikhilbhardwaj]

great work
just what i was looking all this while

[29732]

I can't seem to figure out how to install the Binaries. Says I have to run them as root... I am new to Linux and don't know how.
Please help.

I have:
Toshiba Sat. with upek biometric and ubuntu 9.04

They say that if you type in the terminal "sudo" and then the command, you have the temporary control as root

[cmavr8]

Great work, it works nicely even in Kubuntu!
The only thing I can't figure out how to solve is unlocking the screensaver's lock...

Any ideas?

(Sudo in terminal and login work perfectly with fingerprint)

[yuzh652800]

great work.

but it seems i can login with my unregistered fingers

i m using: ubuntu 10.04.1
Asus F8sg
08ff:1600 AuthenTec, Inc. AES1600

i installed fingerprint-gui from https://launchpad.net/~fingerprint/+archive/fingerprint-gui

this error are reported in the chinese ubuntu forum:
http://forum.ubuntu.org.cn/viewtopic.php?f=126&t=287145
http://forum.ubuntu.org.cn/viewtopic...02253#p2102253