[fprint] New project "fingerprintGUI"

[Wolfgang Ullrich]

Sorry. The link to the homepage in my initial mail is incorrect. The
correct link is:

http://darkblue.homeip.net/fingerprint

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Regards

Wolfgang Ullrich

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Am Donnerstag, den 07.08.2008, 15:39 +0200 schrieb Wolfgang Ullrich:
> Hi List,
> 
> I have started a project "fingerprintGUI" that uses "libfprint" and is
> aimed to make usage of fingerprints easier on Linux systems. It is in a
> very early stage (has only started 2 weeks before). I have made a (very
> poor) homepage for it on http://www.darkblue.homeip.net/fingerprint .
> There is a couple of screenshots shown and a snapshot of the sources
> available for download as a tarball.
> 
> My work was stopped yesterday because of the following 2 problems:
> 
> 1. The UPEC fingerprint reader in my IBM R52 notebook has no driver
> function for "identifying" fingerprints.
> 
> Has anyone informations whether this will be available in the near
> future? The only hint I could find so far was in the wiki
> http://reactivated.net/fprint/wiki/Upekts 
> where it reads "this can become a future project". If not, I need to buy
> another fingerprint device capable of indentifying with the Linux
> driver. Can anyone recommend a device?
> 
> 2. I have no knowledge about how to "plugin" something like a
> "fingerprint only login" into kdm, gdm etc. Can anyone give some advice
> about where to get more information about this?
>