[138a:0017] Please support Validity Sensors reader

[Jerry Quinn]

jlquinn@tiamat:~/fprint/libfprint$ lsusb
Bus 001 Device 003: ID 04ca:7036 Lite-On Technology Corp.
Bus 001 Device 002: ID 8087:8000 Intel Corp.
Bus 001 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub
Bus 003 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0003 Linux Foundation 3.0 root hub
Bus 002 Device 003: ID 8087:07dc Intel Corp.
Bus 002 Device 004: ID 138a:0017 Validity Sensors, Inc.
Bus 002 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub

This reader isn't recognized yet.

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 14.04
Package: libfprint0 1:0.5.1-1
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.13.0-37.64-generic 3.13.11.7
Uname: Linux 3.13.0-37-generic x86_64
ApportVersion: 2.14.1-0ubuntu3.5
Architecture: amd64
CurrentDesktop: Unity
Date: Thu Oct 16 14:35:22 2014
InstallationDate: Installed on 2014-10-08 (8 days ago)
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 14.04 LTS "Trusty Tahr" - Release amd64 (20140417)
SourcePackage: libfprint
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)

[Claude Barthels (claude-b)]

I can confirm that the reader is not recognized with libfprint 1:0.5.1

There seems to be a fix here: https://github.com/ars3niy/fprint_vfs5011
However, it would be really nice if the reader would work out of the box.

[Launchpad Janitor (janitor)]

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

[daniel ståhl (danne-e)]

Confirmed for 1:0.6.0. The menu bar in fingerprint-gui comes up as blank and it crashes when trying to verify fingerprints.

[Calin (calinuswork)]

Same for 1.07 the menu bar is empty but it does not crush on registering fingerprints, unfortunately the produced reads can't be used.

[Marco Trevisan (Treviño) (3v1n0)]

Drivers requests are upstream bugs 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.