Seems like "Bus 001 Device 003: ID 138a:003c DigitalPersona, Inc" is VFS451 model from Validity and according to this message (http://lists.freedesktop.org/archives/fprint/2011-August/000046.html) Validity is going to deliver its own proprietary drivers for wide range of their fingerprint readers in April of 2012
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It will support VFS301, 5011, 5111 and 5131 in addition to VFS451, 471 & 491.
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Seems like "Bus 001 Device 003: ID 138a:003c DigitalPersona, Inc" is VFS451 model from Validity and according to this message (http:// lists.freedeskt op.org/ archives/ fprint/ 2011-August/ 000046. html) Validity is going to deliver its own proprietary drivers for wide range of their fingerprint readers in April of 2012
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It will support VFS301, 5011, 5111 and 5131 in addition to VFS451, 471 & 491.
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But as for VFS301 it seems like libfprint just got support for this device. More info in this bug: https:/ /bugs.launchpad .net/ubuntu/ +source/ libfprint/ +bug/744310