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Use custom built libfprint to add fixes for specific drivers
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| # Install deps | |
| sudo apt install meson ninja-build build-essential git pkg-config libglib2.0-dev libgusb-dev libnss3-dev libpam-dev libudev-dev libusb-1.0-0-dev | |
| # Clone fprintd source code | |
| git clone https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/libfprint/libfprint.git | |
| # Checkout to our good guy who made a patch for sensor | |
| # 1c7a:0587 LighTuning Technology Inc. ETU905A88-E | |
| git fetch "https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/thameruddin/libfprint.git" 'egismoc-0587' | |
| git checkout -b 'libfprint-egismoc-0587' FETCH_HEAD | |
| # Try building the code | |
| cd libfprint | |
| meson setup builddir | |
| ninja -C builddir | |
| sudo ninja -C builddir install | |
| sudo ldconfig | |
| # Above command will install everything to /usr/local/ | |
| sudo apt install fprintd libpam-fprintd | |
| ### IMPORTANT | |
| ### Try not to install the libfprint via apt, if the above debs are not being installed without this, either install and | |
| ### purge later or create a symbolic link to our custom build libfprint.so (Feel free to ask if you need help with this) | |
| Refer to following comments for more help: | |
| https://gist.github.com/AmulyaX/7d050daffe3429c409effe1111bb65ae?permalink_comment_id=5776944#gistcomment-5776944 | |
| https://gist.github.com/AmulyaX/7d050daffe3429c409effe1111bb65ae?permalink_comment_id=5212157#gistcomment-5212157 |
Hello, I finally made it work (with the help of claude) It works on my endaveourOS on KDE, but I did a script that should work for everyone Check out: https://github.com/antoskuu/libfprint-egismoc-sdcp-fix
Thanks for your efforts, this worked for me for ID 1c7a:0587
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Hello,
I finally made it work (with the help of claude)
It works on my endaveourOS on KDE, but I did a script that should work for everyone
Check out:
https://github.com/antoskuu/libfprint-egismoc-sdcp-fix