[ltp] Fingerprint Reader

[Daniel Skorka]

On Thu, Feb 23, 2006 at 02:46:48PM -0500, Aaron Mulder wrote:
> So today, my fingerprint reader pretty much stopped working.  Somehow
> I still managed to log in with it, but the screen saver, su, etc. all
> give me the red X when I swipe.  Actually, it seems to give me the
> yellow read problem screens more often, but even when that doesn't
> happen it always fails.  I don't see anything different about my
> finger... :)
> 
> I was going to try reinstalling the driver and updating its stored
> fingerprint for me, but I can't find the page on thinkwiki.org that
> described the install procedure.  Any tips?

Yeah, make sure you still remember your password ;-) Besides,
'reinstalling' is something you do in the M$-World. If updating your
fingerprint doesn't help, I would consider it a warranty issue. If it
does, I would consider this A Bad Thing (tm).

Daniel