Fingerprint authentication not skippable

[Peter Schneider]

I use a Thinkpad X220.

Normally, I use the fingerprint reader and the PAM-module of libfprint to authenticate. It works like a charme.

But when I use my laptop docked with the lid closed, I'm not able to authenticate using my finger. There seems to be no way to skip this authentication type, neither in terminal, nor in Gnome.

There should be a timeout or the possibility to press a key to skip to the next authentication method (would normally be password-authentication).

Thanks for your help,

Peter

[Peter Schneider (schneider-pj)]

Package: libpam-fprint
Priority: extra
Section: universe/admin
Installed-Size: 108
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers <email address hidden>
Original-Maintainer: FingerForce Team <email address hidden>
Architecture: amd64
Source: pam-fprint
Version: 20080330+git-5

[Launchpad Janitor (janitor)]

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

[Joonas Saarinen (jza)]

You are correct. There seems to be no way to configure authentication so that either fingerprint or password could be used by the situation. When both methods are selected, it always requires the fingerprint first.