I tried this on HP Pailion DV6 with 138a:0005 VFS301. It works great.
Thanks for the driver...


On 17 May 2012 21:14, carlosv <email address hidden> wrote:

> I tried the driver with Fingerprint GUI. The "segmentation fault"
> crashes the program. We really have to solve this issue.
>
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> https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/744310
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> Title:
>  Fingerprint Validity reader devices [138a:0005] VFS301 and [138a:0008]
>  VFS300 not recognized.
>
> Status in Fingerprint GUI:
>  Invalid
> Status in “libfprint” package in Ubuntu:
>  In Progress
>
> Bug description:
>  Hi,
>  this bugs is concerning the Validity fingerprint reader VFS301. With the
> command lsusb is listed as: Bus 001 Device 004: ID 138a:0005
> DigitalPersona, Inc. This isn't a DigitalPersona fingerprint reader, its
> "Validity" but they use digitalpersona software.
>  It affects in my case the model HP Touchsmart tm2-2105. On the Bug
> #285089 there is a patch for the 138a:0001 VFS101 but unfortunately it
> didn't work on the VFS301. I am using Ubuntu 10.10 and libfprint-0.3.0.
>
>  ProblemType: Bug
>  DistroRelease: Ubuntu 10.10
>  Package: linux-image-2.6.35-28-generic 2.6.35-28.49
>  Regression: No
>  Reproducible: Yes
>  ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.35-28.49-generic 2.6.35.11
>  Uname: Linux 2.6.35-28-generic x86_64
>  NonfreeKernelModules: wl
>  AlsaVersion: Advanced Linux Sound Architecture Driver Version 1.0.23.
>  Architecture: amd64
>  ArecordDevices:
>   **** List of CAPTURE Hardware Devices ****
>   card 0: Intel [HDA Intel], device 0: STAC92xx Analog [STAC92xx Analog]
>     Subdevices: 1/1
>     Subdevice #0: subdevice #0
>  AudioDevicesInUse:
>   USER        PID ACCESS COMMAND
>   /dev/snd/controlC0:  carlos     2175 F.... pulseaudio
>  CRDA: Error: [Errno 2] No such file or directory
>  Card0.Amixer.info:
>   Card hw:0 'Intel'/'HDA Intel at 0xc4500000 irq 47'
>     Mixer name : 'IDT 92HD81B1X5'
>     Components : 'HDA:111d7605,103c1486,00100402'
>     Controls      : 14
>     Simple ctrls  : 9
>  Card1.Amixer.info:
>   Card hw:1 'Generic'/'HD-Audio Generic at 0xc4420000 irq 48'
>     Mixer name : 'ATI R6xx HDMI'
>     Components : 'HDA:1002aa01,00aa0100,00100200'
>     Controls      : 4
>     Simple ctrls  : 1
>  Card1.Amixer.values:
>   Simple mixer control 'IEC958',0
>     Capabilities: pswitch pswitch-joined penum
>     Playback channels: Mono
>     Mono: Playback [on]
>  Date: Mon Mar 28 16:18:41 2011
>  EcryptfsInUse: Yes
>  HibernationDevice: RESUME=UUID=d88d42e5-23c5-4b28-8c45-05ae3ea585fd
>  InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 10.10 "Maverick Meerkat" - Release amd64
> (20101007)
>  MachineType: Hewlett-Packard HP TouchSmart tm2 Notebook PC
>  ProcCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-2.6.35-28-generic
> root=UUID=69f6eb2d-6a63-4bfa-ba7d-86c5874ad5da ro vga=769 quiet splash
>  ProcEnviron:
>   LANG=en_NZ.utf8
>   SHELL=/bin/bash
>  RelatedPackageVersions: linux-firmware 1.38.5
>  SourcePackage: linux
>  dmi.bios.date: 10/28/2010
>  dmi.bios.vendor: Insyde
>  dmi.bios.version: F.23
>  dmi.board.asset.tag: Base Board Asset Tag
>  dmi.board.name: 1486
>  dmi.board.vendor: Hewlett-Packard
>  dmi.board.version: 83.1F
>  dmi.chassis.asset.tag: CNU0444K7G
>  dmi.chassis.type: 10
>  dmi.chassis.vendor: Hewlett-Packard
>  dmi.chassis.version: Chassis Version
>  dmi.modalias:
> dmi:bvnInsyde:bvrF.23:bd10/28/2010:svnHewlett-Packard:pnHPTouchSmarttm2NotebookPC:pvr058A210000242A10000120100:rvnHewlett-Packard:rn1486:rvr83.1F:cvnHewlett-Packard:ct10:cvrChassisVersion:
>  dmi.product.name: HP TouchSmart tm2 Notebook PC
>  dmi.product.version: 058A210000242A10000120100
>  dmi.sys.vendor: Hewlett-Packard
>
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