It works. All good now :-)
Raghav Gururajan wrote:
After Danny's fix, fprintd just works on my X230T:
λ fprintd-enroll
Using device /net/reactivated/Fprint/Device/0
Enrolling right-index-finger finger.
…and the finger print reader lights right up!
That's cool! I will try and get back to you. :-)
Typing "λ
> ~ λ is my bash prompt :-)
>
> fprintd-* commands are part of the ‘fprintd’ package. ‘guix
> install fprintd’ and try again.
>
> Now, to actually use the reader for ‘authentication’ to existing
> services (screen lockers, display managers, prompts…) you'll
> probably have to write your own PAM
>> Instead, it’s supposed to be started on demand when applications ask for
>> the fingerprint service. The ‘fprintd’ package provides several
>> commands starting with ‘fprintd-’ that should allow you to check whether
>> it’s working.
>
> Got it :-)
Typing &qu
>> After Danny's fix, fprintd just works on my X230T:
>>
>> λ fprintd-enroll
>> Using device /net/reactivated/Fprint/Device/0
>> Enrolling right-index-finger finger.
>>
>> …and the finger print reader lights right up!
>
> That's cool! I will try and get back to you. :-)
Typing "λ
> Have you tried actually using the finger print reader? You might
> be pleasantly surprised.
I did not know how, so, tried herd command. Just came to know from Ludo, that,
fprintd is a d-bus service.
> After Danny's fix, fprintd just works on my X230T:
>
> λ fprintd-enroll
> Using device
> fprintd is a D-Bus service, meaning that it’s not managed by shepherd,
> and thus not accessible with the ‘herd’ command.
Oops! I did not know that. Thanks!
> Instead, it’s supposed to be started on demand when applications ask for
> the fingerprint service. The ‘fprintd’ pack
ing that it’s not managed by shepherd,
and thus not accessible with the ‘herd’ command.
Instead, it’s supposed to be started on demand when applications ask for
the fingerprint service. The ‘fprintd’ package provides several
commands starting with ‘fprintd-’ that should allow you to check whether
it’s
Hello Guix!
Based on this
(https://www.gnu.org/software/guix/manual/en/html_node/Miscellaneous-Services.html#Miscellaneous-Services
(https://www.gnu.org/software/guix/manual/en/html_node/Miscellaneous-Services.html#Miscellaneous-Services)),
I have included "fprintd-service-type" (with default
