Confirmed on Ubuntu Hardy. There are a couple of other problems that are
being discussed here. Please let us keep the discussion to the original
bug reported - which is, that only after suspend+resume, one cannot
unlock using the fingerprint scanner.
If the screen is locked when the laptop is
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/pci:00/:00:1d.2/usb4/4-2/power/level
This happened to me in Intrepid.
A workaround that seems to fix it, is to change owners of your .bir.
I found this solution is also discussed in Bug 138957 where you mentioned.
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gnome-screensaver doesn't use fingerprint reader after suspend or hibernate
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/252012
Actually, this worked for me with Hardy, and is broken again with both
Intrepid and Jaunty. I believe that it is related to, or a duplicate
of, Bug 138957. That bug needs to be re-opened. The fix that works for
me is described at https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gnome-
Actuually, this bug seems to have disappeared in Intrepid.
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gnome-screensaver doesn't use fingerprint reader after suspend or hibernate
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Same thing here with my Thinkpad T61.
Workaround: After resuming, press once Cancel and move the mouse again.
Fingerprint sensor will work now.
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gnome-screensaver doesn't use fingerprint reader after suspend or hibernate
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/252012
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I can confirm this behavior on a Dell XPS M1330 with Ubuntu 8.04
preinstalled. The thinkfinger stuff is preinstalled, but suffers from
this bug.
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gnome-screensaver doesn't use fingerprint reader after suspend or hibernate
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/252012
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