Could not add user

[Giuseppe Gortan]

I successful used thinkfinger tools on my Dell XPS M1330 with Ubuntu 7.10. Now, on the same machine, with Ubuntu 8.04 it does not work.

When I try to add a fingerprint for my user with the command
sudo tf-tool --add-user user

the program gives me the error

ThinkFinger 0.3 (http://thinkfinger.sourceforge.net/)
Copyright (C) 2006, 2007 Timo Hoenig <email address hidden>

Two output paths specified, but you may only specify one:
  --add-user
  user

If I try
tf-tool --acquire

the program exits with

ThinkFinger 0.3 (http://thinkfinger.sourceforge.net/)
Copyright (C) 2006, 2007 Timo Hoenig <email address hidden>

Initializing...Could not claim USB device.

[Bernhard Bock (bernhard-bock)]

I am using Kubuntu 8.10, and the device seems to be claimed by X or kdm. Same error message here ("Could not claim USB device.").

As soon as I stop X/kdm, tf-tool --acquire works.

[Zaar Hai (haizaar)]

You probably mean Kubuntu 7.10 - I've got the same issue.

[Zaar Hai (haizaar)]

Giuseppe Gortan - see https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/thinkfinger/+bug/203973

[Bernhard Bock (bernhard-bock)]

No, I'm talking about 8.04 a.k.a. Hardy (sorry about the wrong version).

[Daniel T Chen (crimsun)]

Is this symptom still reproducible in 8.10 or 9.04?

[Victor Vargas (kamus)]

We are closing this bug report because it lacks the information we need to investigate the problem. Please reopen it if you encounter that this issue is still occurring in latest Ubuntu Karmic version, under the Status column, and change the Status back to "New". Thanks again!