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Install Goodix fingerprint drivers on Fedora.
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Tested and working with 27c6_530c on Fedora 35 | |
# Install default fprintd and pam | |
sudo dnf install fprintd fprintd-pam | |
# Build libfprint-tod | |
# a. Install build dependencies | |
sudo dnf install -y gcc gcc-c++ glib glib-devel glibc glibc-devel glib2 glib2-devel libusb libusb-devel nss-devel pixman pixman-devel libX11 libX11-devel libXv libXv-devel gtk-doc libgusb libgusb-devel gobject-introspection gobject-introspection-devel ninja-build git libgudev-devel cairo-devel | |
# b. clone and build | |
mkdir fingerprint && cd fingerprint | |
git clone https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/3v1n0/libfprint.git | |
git checkout tags/v1.94.1+tod1 | |
# use whatever is latest. check the AUR version info | |
meson builddir && cdbuilddir | |
meson compile | |
meson install | |
# Overwrite the system libfprint with our version | |
cp libfprint/libfprint-2.so.2.0.0 /usr/lib64/ | |
cp libfprint/tod/libfprint-2-tod.so /usr/lib64/ | |
cp libfprint/tod/libfprint-2-tod.so.1 /usr/lib64/ | |
# Get the Goodix libfprint driver/udev rules | |
cd ~/fingerprint | |
wget http://dell.archive.canonical.com/updates/pool/public/libf/libfprint-2-tod1-goodix/libfprint-2-tod1-goodix_0.0.4-0ubuntu1somerville1.tar.gz | |
tar -xvf libfprint-2-tod1-goodix_0.0.4-0ubuntu1somerville1.tar.gz | |
# Move the libfprint driver to where we think it should go | |
sudo mkdir -p /usr/lib/libfprint-2/tod-1/ | |
sudo mkdir -p /usr/local/lib64/libfprint-2/tod-1/ | |
sudo cp libfprint-2-tod1-goodix/usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libfprint-2/tod-1/libfprint-tod-goodix-53xc-0.0.4.so /usr/lib/libfprint-2/tod-1/ | |
sudo ln -s /usr/lib/libfprint-2/tod-1/libfprint-tod-goodix-53xc-0.0.4.so /usr/local/lib64/libfprint-2/tod-1/libfprint-tod-goodix-53xc-0.0.4.so | |
sudo chmod 755 /usr/lib/libfprint-2/tod-1/libfprint-tod-goodix-53xc-0.0.4.so | |
sudo cp libfprint-2-tod1-goodix/lib/udev/rules.d/60-libfprint-2-tod1-goodix.rules /lib/udev/rules.d/ | |
sudo mkdir -p /var/lib/fprint/goodix | |
# Add some things into the module alias file | |
su - | |
cat libfprint-2-tod1-goodix/debian/modaliases >> /lib/modules/$(uname -r)/modules.alias | |
exit | |
# Enable fingerprint reader for security | |
sudo authselect enable-feature with-fingerprint | |
sudo authselect apply-changes | |
sudo systemctl enable fprintd | |
sudo systemctl start fprintd | |
# Based on this archived post on a blog somewhere | |
# https://web.archive.org/web/20220309095606/https://aboutcher.co.uk/2020/10/goodix-fingerprint-reader-on-fedora-linux/ |
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I have also this model can you please add support for it
Bus 003 Device 004: ID 27c6:55a2 Shenzhen Goodix Technology Co.,Ltd.
Thanks in advance.