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thinkfinger package

  1. Bug #256429
  2. Comment #4

Comment 4 for bug 256429

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Jon Oberheide (jon-oberheide-deactivatedaccount) wrote : Re: following finger scan requires carriage-return

I can confirm this on Intrepid as well.

It seems to be related to libpam-thinkfinger's use of uinput. libpam-thinkfinger creates a uinput device to send a EV_KEY/KEY_ENTER press and release. This event _should_ emulate the enter key being pressed after a finger swipe so that the user does not have to press it manually.

I don't see any errors in the pam debug output about sending the enter event. Either libpam-thinkfinger is misusing uinput somehow or GDM is not processing the key event (maybe it's blocking focus on the password prompt textbox?).

Regards,
Jon Oberheide