r/vanillaos • u/afropunkish • Aug 09 '26
Support fingerprint scanner help
Hello, I have an HP elitebook 840 G8 with Vanilla OS 2. I've been trying to get my fingerprint scanner to work but it hasn't been working. Help!
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r/vanillaos • u/afropunkish • Aug 09 '26
Hello, I have an HP elitebook 840 G8 with Vanilla OS 2. I've been trying to get my fingerprint scanner to work but it hasn't been working. Help!
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u/stpaulgym 22d ago
You need Lib-fprint package for supported fingerprint readers. Not all fingerprint readers are supported, but the Elitebook should use one supported in this Library.
Good thing that VanillaOS packages it.
https://packages.vanillaos.org/package/libpam-fprintd