Fingerprint reader gets warm when screensaver is locked
Affects | Status | Importance | Assigned to | Milestone | |
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gnome-screensaver (Ubuntu) |
Expired
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Low
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Unassigned |
Bug Description
Binary package hint: gnome-screensaver
System: Thinkpad T61 running Ubuntu 8.04
lsusb info: Bus 001 Device 018: ID 0483:2016 SGS Thomson Microelectronics Fingerprint Reader
When I lock the screen using gnome-screensaver, the fingerprint reader on my Thinkpad T61 gets really warm after a while. The same effect can be achieved by leaving 'tf-tool --acquire' running in a terminal for a minute or so. I'm not sure whether this is a bug in thinkfinger or gnome-screensaver, but filing against gnome-screensaver because it probably shouldn't poll the fingerprint reader while the password prompt isn't up.
gnome-screensaver version: 2.22.2-0ubuntu1
libthinkfinger0 and libpam-thinkfinger versions: 0.3+r118-0ubuntu3
thanks for the report, it's indeed weird, can you test the same with xscreensaver to see if you get a similar behavior? thanks.