138a:0018 Validity Sensors will not work

[Jerome Yanga]

On Mon, Jul 8, 2013 at 2:02 PM, "Germán A. Racca" <german.racca at gmail.com>wrote:

> On 07/08/2013 05:57 PM, Jerome Yanga wrote:
>
>>
>>
>>
>> On Mon, Jul 8, 2013 at 1:40 PM, "Germán A. Racca"
>> <german.racca at gmail.com <mailto:german.racca at gmail.com**>> wrote:
>>
>>     On 07/08/2013 03:25 PM, Jerome Yanga wrote:
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>         On Mon, Jul 8, 2013 at 1:40 AM, poma <pomidorabelisima at gmail.com
>>         <mailto:pomidorabelisima@**gmail.com <pomidorabelisima at gmail.com>
>> >
>>         <mailto:pomidorabelisima at __gma**il.com <http://gmail.com>
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>>         <mailto:pomidorabelisima@**gmail.com <pomidorabelisima at gmail.com>>>>
>> wrote:
>>
>>              On 06.07.2013 11:31, Jerome Yanga wrote:
>>               > Thanks, Poma.
>>               >
>>               > I have compiled and installed the code in the URL you
>>         have provided.
>>               >  However, I am still seeing the same issue.
>>
>>              Don't top-post, s'il vous plaît.
>>
>>              That is a library part - 'libfprint',
>>              follows a service part - 'fprintd'. ;)
>>
>>
>>              poma
>>
>>
>>
>>         I didn't realize that the link to fprintd was not created by the
>>         libfprint install.  I created a symlink for libfprint.so.0 and
>>         fprintd
>>         works now.  Woohoo!  Thanks.
>>
>>         regards,
>>         j
>>
>>
>>
>>     Hi Jerome,
>>
>>     Do you know what is the difference between this library that you
>>     have compiled and the packages in Fedora? I'm asking because I think
>>     it is the same project.
>>
>>     I also have a Validity Sensors, which also doesn't work, but mine is
>>     a bit different than yours:
>>
>>     $ lsusb | grep -i finger
>>     Bus 001 Device 004: ID 138a:0008 Validity Sensors, Inc. VFS300
>>     Fingerprint Reader
>>
>>     $ lsusb -d 138a:0008 -v
>>     Bus 001 Device 004: ID 138a:0008 Validity Sensors, Inc. VFS300
>>     Fingerprint Reader
>>
>>     Device Descriptor:
>>        bLength                18
>>        bDescriptorType         1
>>        bcdUSB               1.10
>>        bDeviceClass          255 Vendor Specific Class
>>        bDeviceSubClass        16
>>
>>        bDeviceProtocol       255
>>        bMaxPacketSize0         8
>>        idVendor           0x138a Validity Sensors, Inc.
>>        idProduct          0x0008 VFS300 Fingerprint Reader
>>        bcdDevice            c.90
>>
>>        iManufacturer           0
>>        iProduct                0
>>        iSerial                 1
>>        bNumConfigurations      1
>>     ..........
>>
>>     These are the packages I have installed:
>>
>>     $ rpm -qa | grep fprint
>>     fprintd-0.5.0-1.fc19.x86_64
>>     fprint_demo-0.4-12.fc19.1.x86_**__64
>>     fprintd-pam-0.5.0-1.fc19.x86__**_64
>>
>>     libfprint-0.5.0-2.fc19.x86_64
>>
>>     The package in Fedora crashes when I'm configuring my fingerprint.
>>     Would you show me the steps you followed to compile the library?
>>
>>     Regards,
>>     Germán.
>>
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>> German,
>>
>> I do not think that you need to compile the newest driver for your
>> sensor as it already exists for your hardware.  Just to make sure,
>> please provide the output to the command below.
>>
>> grep 138a /usr/lib/udev/rules.d/60-**fprint-autosuspend.rules
>>
>> Nevertheless, I merely followed the instructions in INSTALL file that
>> came with the driver.
>>
>> https://github.com/maffmeier/**fprint_vfs5011/blob/master/**INSTALL<https://github.com/maffmeier/fprint_vfs5011/blob/master/INSTALL>
>>
>> In my case, I simple ran the command below.
>>
>> ./configure; make; make install
>>
>> regards,
>> j
>>
>>
>>
> Thanks for your prompt reply Jerome.
>
> This is the output you asked for:
>
> $ grep 138a /usr/lib/udev/rules.d/60-**fprint-autosuspend.rules
> SUBSYSTEM=="usb", ATTRS{idVendor}=="138a", ATTRS{idProduct}=="0001",
> ATTRS{dev}=="*", ATTR{power/control}="auto"
> SUBSYSTEM=="usb", ATTRS{idVendor}=="138a", ATTRS{idProduct}=="0005",
> ATTRS{dev}=="*", ATTR{power/control}="auto"
> SUBSYSTEM=="usb", ATTRS{idVendor}=="138a", ATTRS{idProduct}=="0008",
> ATTRS{dev}=="*", ATTR{power/control}="auto"
>
>
> Regards,
> Germán.
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German,

That last line from your output tells me that you shouldn't need to compile
the new driver.

The output of your lsusb...

Bus 001 Device 004: ID 138a:0008 Validity Sensors, Inc. VFS300 Fingerprint
Reader

coincides with the driver that is loaded in your machine...

SUBSYSTEM=="usb", ATTRS{idVendor}=="138a", ATTRS{idProduct}=="0008",
ATTRS{dev}=="*", ATTR{power/control}="auto"

If you are not root, run sudo fprint_demo.  This will at least tell you if
your system can see your hardware.  You can even test it by clicking on the
Enroll button.  If this works, all you have to do is run fprintd-enroll as
the user that you will use your sensor for.

regards,
j
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