2.6.28-4 breaks thinkfinger
Affects | Status | Importance | Assigned to | Milestone | |
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Linux |
Fix Released
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Medium
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linux (Ubuntu) |
Fix Released
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Undecided
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Unassigned | ||
Jaunty |
Fix Released
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Undecided
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Unassigned | ||
thinkfinger (Ubuntu) |
Fix Released
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High
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Unassigned | ||
Jaunty |
Won't Fix
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High
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Unassigned |
Bug Description
Host: Thinkpad T61p 6457-7WU
Upgrading from 2.6.28-3 to the new 2.6.28-4 kernel breaks the fingerprint reader using thinkfinger. Reverting to the older kernel restores functionality.
Attached are the logs. I also received this in the Xorrg log:
==> /var/log/Xorg.0.log <==
(EE) Virtual ThinkFinger Keyboard: Read error: No such device
(II) config/hal: removing device Virtual ThinkFinger Keyboard
(II) Virtual ThinkFinger Keyboard: Close
(II) UnloadModule: "evdev"
An example of the problem:
$ tf-tool --verify
ThinkFinger 0.3 (http://
Copyright (C) 2006, 2007 Timo Hoenig <email address hidden>
Initializing.
When I do this under 2.6.28-3, I get:
$ tf-tool --verify
ThinkFinger 0.3 (http://
Copyright (C) 2006, 2007 Timo Hoenig <email address hidden>
Initializing... done.
Please swipe your finger (successful swipes 1/1, failed swipes: 0)... done.
Result: Fingerprint does match.
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ProblemType: Bug
Architecture: amd64
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 9.04
NonfreeKernelMo
Package: linux-image-
ProcCmdLine: User Name=UUID=
ProcEnviron:
PATH: custom, no user
LANG=en_US.UTF-8
SHELL=/bin/bash
ProcVersionSign
SourcePackage: linux
Related branches
Changed in linux: | |
status: | Unknown → Confirmed |
Changed in linux: | |
status: | Confirmed → Fix Released |
Changed in thinkfinger (Ubuntu): | |
importance: | Undecided → High |
milestone: | none → ubuntu-9.04 |
status: | New → Triaged |
Changed in thinkfinger (Ubuntu Jaunty): | |
milestone: | ubuntu-9.04 → jaunty-updates |
Changed in linux: | |
importance: | Unknown → Medium |
Am attaching dmesg from the working 2.6.28-3 kernel. If there are any other files that you want from when running on 2.6.28-3, please advise.