>> Okay the example programs can scan my fingers. Thats great!
>
>Nice. After you've successfully run "enroll" once, fprint_demo should
>start working.

Okay, I get it up - yes. Thank you very much!

>
>>> Yes, pam_fprint has been reported to work with KDM, but apparently
>>> you have to press enter a couple of times for no apparent reason,
>>> or something like that.
>> 
>> What do you mean? Will the fingerprint be scanned after the
>> installation and restart in the logon procedure (KDM login) just like
>> with the ThinkFinger drivers (ThinkPad) or is there need to put in
>> the fingerprint during the installation already?
>
>You first have to enroll your finger. Currently the only way to do this 
>is to use the "enroll" example from the libfprint distribution. Once you 
>have done that, fprint_demo and pam_fprint will magically start working.

Okay, pam_fprint works at the shell (su and then the finger :)) but not at KDM. 
I get the error: Could not locate any suitable fingerprints matched with 
available hardware. Can anyone help me with this problem?

>
>I don't know what I mean about having to press enter a couple of times, 
>I am not a kdm user, I am just paraphrasing what was said on this list 
>by another user. I don't know what kind of interface or prompts kdm 
>gives you. What I do know is that you will have to configure PAM to use 
>pam_fprint as detailed on the pam_fprint homepage before this will work.

Can you send me a link to this post?

>
>> OK. On my notebook the quality of the scans appear to be very good.
>
>Great!
>
>Daniel

Thanks Daniel for your help. Great work!
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