[Thinkfinger-devel] Thinkfinger not working on IBM R52 and Ubuntu Edgy

Discussion:

Chris Johnson

2007-02-18 22:58:06 UTC

Hello,

I installed thinkfinger today from source and am unable to get it
working. Below is the error message I get when running tftool.

sudo tf-tool --acquire --verbose

ThinkFinger 0.2.2 (http://thinkfinger.sourceforge.net/)
Copyright (C) 2006, 2007 Timo Hoenig <***@suse.de>

Running in verbose mode.

* Mode: acquire
* Biometric identification record file: '/tmp/test.bir'

Initializing... done.
tf-tool: TF_STATE_COMM_FAILED (255)
Error: Could not acquire fingerprint.

My machine runs Ubuntu Edgy which is up to date as of last week when I
upgraded from an earlier version.

I have libusb01.1-4 installed with the dev package as well.

Below is the configure command line I used, I see the shared object in
/lib/security when I `ls` that directory.

./configure --with-securedir=/lib/security
--with-birdir=/etc/pam_thinkfinger.

Thanks!

-Chris

Timo Hoenig

2007-02-21 08:59:56 UTC

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Hi Chris,

Sorry for the lag.

Post by Chris Johnson
I installed thinkfinger today from source and am unable to get it
working. Below is the error message I get when running tftool.
sudo tf-tool --acquire --verbose
ThinkFinger 0.2.2 (http://thinkfinger.sourceforge.net/)
Running in verbose mode.
* Mode: acquire
* Biometric identification record file: '/tmp/test.bir'
Initializing... done.
tf-tool: TF_STATE_COMM_FAILED (255)
Error: Could not acquire fingerprint.
My machine runs Ubuntu Edgy which is up to date as of last week when I
upgraded from an earlier version.
I have libusb01.1-4 installed with the dev package as well.
Below is the configure command line I used, I see the shared object in
/lib/security when I `ls` that directory.
./configure --with-securedir=/lib/security
--with-birdir=/etc/pam_thinkfinger.

Did you ever run the binary driver on your system? If so, did it work?

It seems that we do not have a R52 with fingerprint reader around. Is
there someone else on the list who tried ThinkFinger on the R52?

Post by Chris Johnson
Thanks!
-Chris

Thanks,

Timo

Stephan Berberig

2007-02-21 18:40:08 UTC

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Hi Chris,

I also own a R52 and thinkfinger 0.2.2 is working fine for me, running
Ubuntu Edgy.

I saw that you use /usr/local as prefix for tf-tool and the library.

Could you please add "/usr/local/lib" (without quotes) to
/etc/ld.so.conf and run "sudo ldconfig".
After that, try the tf-tool command again.

Best regards,
Stephan

Post by Chris Johnson
Hello,
I installed thinkfinger today from source and am unable to get it
working. Below is the error message I get when running tftool.
sudo tf-tool --acquire --verbose
ThinkFinger 0.2.2 (http://thinkfinger.sourceforge.net/)
Running in verbose mode.
* Mode: acquire
* Biometric identification record file: '/tmp/test.bir'
Initializing... done.
tf-tool: TF_STATE_COMM_FAILED (255)
Error: Could not acquire fingerprint.
My machine runs Ubuntu Edgy which is up to date as of last week when I
upgraded from an earlier version.
I have libusb01.1-4 installed with the dev package as well.
Below is the configure command line I used, I see the shared object in
/lib/security when I `ls` that directory.
./configure --with-securedir=/lib/security
--with-birdir=/etc/pam_thinkfinger.
Thanks!
-Chris
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Chris Johnson

2007-02-21 19:41:29 UTC

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Thanks Stephen, it however didn't work. Do you think this could be
related to installing at /usr/local? 
 
I wouldn't think so, but perhaps it may be worth a shot to install it
to / although that is something I try not to do. 
 
Thanks, 
-Chris 
 
Stephan Berberig wrote:
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<pre wrap="">Hi Chris,

I also own a R52 and thinkfinger 0.2.2 is working fine for me, running
Ubuntu Edgy.

I saw that you use /usr/local as prefix for tf-tool and the library.

Could you please add "/usr/local/lib" (without quotes) to
/etc/ld.so.conf and run "sudo ldconfig".
After that, try the tf-tool command again.

Best regards,
Stephan

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<pre wrap="">Hello,

I installed thinkfinger today from source and am unable to get it
working. Below is the error message I get when running tftool.

sudo tf-tool --acquire --verbose

ThinkFinger 0.2.2 (<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://thinkfinger.sourceforge.net/">http://thinkfinger.sourceforge.net/</a>)
Copyright (C) 2006, 2007 Timo Hoenig <a class="moz-txt-link-rfc2396E" href="mailto:thoenig-***@public.gmane.org"><thoenig-***@public.gmane.org></a>

Running in verbose mode.

* Mode: acquire
* Biometric identification record file: '/tmp/test.bir'

Initializing... done.
tf-tool: TF_STATE_COMM_FAILED (255)
Error: Could not acquire fingerprint.

My machine runs Ubuntu Edgy which is up to date as of last week when I
upgraded from an earlier version.

I have libusb01.1-4 installed with the dev package as well.

Below is the configure command line I used, I see the shared object in
/lib/security when I `ls` that directory.

./configure --with-securedir=/lib/security
--with-birdir=/etc/pam_thinkfinger.

Thanks!

-Chris

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