[138a:003c] Validity VFS471 Fingerprint Reader not recognized

[iMac]

The Validity Sensors Inc. VFS471 on my HP 8560w is not recognized by libfprint

138a:003c Validity Sensors, Inc. VFS471 Fingerprint Reader

Hoping that someday it will be supported.

[Renault (charles-antoine-deactivatedaccount)]

Created attachment 52684
lsusb -v with 138a:003c Validity Sensors, Inc.

Hello,
I have a HP EliteBook 8560w with a fingerprint reader.

The material information is in attachment.
The wiki of fprintd project is very small and I don't know how help this project for my fingerprint reader. If you know it, thank you to precise it. :)

[Bastien Nocera (hadess-deactivatedaccount)]

fprintd doesn't recognise it because it's not supported by libfprint.

[Renault (renault)]

How I can help somebody to realize a driver for that ?

[epSos.de (ohigfisc)]

HP has a driver for this, but it is for SUSE Linux:

http://h20000.www2.hp.com/bizsupport/TechSupport/SoftwareDescription.jsp?lang=en&cc=us&prodTypeId=321957&prodSeriesId=5060880&prodNameId=5060882&swEnvOID=2020&swLang=13&mode=2&taskId=135&swItem=ob-92528-1

This package provides the Validity Fingerprint Reader Driver for Novell SUSE Linux SLED 11 SP1 for supported notebooks with supported operating systems.

[Launchpad Janitor (janitor)]

Status changed to 'Confirmed' because the bug affects multiple users.

[Pali (pali)]

I have HP EliteBook 8460p with this fingerprint reader:
Bus 001 Device 003: ID 138a:003c Validity Sensors, Inc. VFS471 Fingerprint Reader

[Long (long-physics)]

I have HP ProBook 4431s with this fingerprint reader:
Bus 001 Device 003: ID 138a:003c Validity Sensors, Inc. VFS471 Fingerprint Reader

I hope I can use this driver as soon as.

[Jonathan (jonathan-uxbr)]

I have a HP Probook 5330m with a Validity Sensor ID 138a:003c. Also hope someone can provide a driver.

[Mohammed Hussein Yassen (m-hussein-yassin)]

Same here -> ID 138a:003c Validity Sensors, Inc. VFS471 Fingerprint Reader
HP ProBook 4530s
Ubuntu 13.04
Can't we alter the Official suse driver to work with ubuntu?

[CrimInalA (bimbambols)]

lsusb recognizes the fingerprint reader as Bus 001 Device 003: ID 138a:003c Validity Sensors, Inc. VFS471 Fingerprint Reader .

Fingerprint GUI 1.05 sadly does not recognize any readers .

[C Filorux (breakfast)]

I have attempted to run Wireshark to sniff the USB traffic for this device under Windows, but the installer for the fingerprint software will not install on a Windos Virtual machine -- it complains that I should only be installing it on an authorised HP platform. I turfed the Windows installation a while back, so I don't have one.

[CrimInalA (bimbambols)]

By searching the net i found another Driver version (RPM format) .
Maybe this can help to get the VFS471 to work on ubuntu ?

http://www.validityinc.com/uploads/hp/bnb/2012/sle11sp2/x86_64/Validity-Sensor-Setup-4.4-226.00.x86_64.rpm

[Stanislav Bazhenov (stanislav-bajenov)]

Zbook 17 (successor of Elitebook)

~$ lsusb | grep Validity
Bus 003 Device 002: ID 138a:003f Validity Sensors, Inc.

Device is 003f instead of 003c, but the problem is the same.
Validity fingerprint reader does not work in Ubuntu neither 12.04 nor 14.04

[Jonathandaniel (jonathandaniel)]

I am able to sniff USB logs for this device, will this be useful to anybody?

[Vincent Gerris (vgerris)]

Same here: 138a:003c not supported. It is an HP 6460b .
Should this bug not be changed into a feature request?

[Nikola Zivkovic (zivke85)]

I can confirm that the "Bus 001 Device 005: ID 138a:003f Validity Sensors, Inc." device is not working on Ubuntu 14.04 (HP EliteBook 840 G2). I would really like to see this device working properly...

[JimmyJimJames (jimmyjimjames)]

Well, I better jump on the bandwagon also.
HP Elitebook 8560w, Validity Sensors VFS471 fingerprint reader.
USB ID = 138A:003C
Not recognized by Figerprint GUI.

[Chevis Young (chevisyoung)]

I would also like my 138a:003c Validity to work with Ubuntu Xenial. It's an hp 2560p.

[Ahmad Amr (aamr)]

Same here, hp zbook 14 with 138a:003f

[Ahmad Amr (aamr)]

on Linux Mint 18 (based on Xenial) 64-bit.

Is there any window for getting this resolved?

[Sam Vargas (tunableroom9)]

Same problem here with my HP Probook 4330s -> "Bus 001 Device 003: ID 138a:003c Validity Sensors, Inc. VFS471 Fingerprint Reader"

[G1NG3R (booggeymann94)]

I will again confirm this still does not work.
HP EliteBook 8560w 138a:003c still not recognized. would love to be able to use this feature.
let me know if i can help

[Andrew Henshaw (ubuntu-zl)]

HP Elitebook 8460w 1381:003c
I would very much like to see this.

[Selvin (blitz77)]

I have the HP Probook 4230s with this fingerprint sensor and am moving away from Windows 10 to Ubuntu. I have the same issue. No drivers available. I found 32-bit .rpm drivers from HP site. But it wont work on Ubuntu 16.04 64bit even after converting it with alien.

[Pham Thanh Nam (alophone2003)]

I got this Validity fingerprint reader working on Ubuntu 16.04 x64 following this guide: https://askubuntu.com/questions/385372/vfs-495-finger-print-reader-not-working-in-ubuntu/924475#924475
basically fixing some minor issues and using files from this original tutorial: https://balintbanyasz.wordpress.com/2015/03/27/get-validity-vfs-495-fingerprint-reader-working-in-ubuntu-14-04/

The tutorial is for VFS495 (138a:003f), but it applies too for VFS471 (138a:003c, mine) and likely for VFS491 (138a:003d).

[Gitlab-migration (gitlab-migration)]

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You can subscribe and participate further through the new bug through this link to our GitLab instance: https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/libfprint/libfprint/issues/48.

[Marco Trevisan (Treviño) (3v1n0)]

Drivers requests are upstream issues and as such should be redirected to the official wiki:

 - https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/libfprint/wiki/-/wikis/Unsupported-Devices

As per this, I'm closing all the requests, I please you to update that wiki page if needed.