[arch-general] Unlocking the screen through fprintd

Ralf Mardorf silver.bullet at zoho.com
Thu Oct 20 08:19:49 UTC 2016


On Thu, 20 Oct 2016 10:13:59 +0200, Bennett Piater wrote:
>However, every screen locker I have tried that supports PAM at all
>(i3lock, xlockmore, xscreensaver, kscreenlocker) all ask for my
>fingerprint AFTER I typed in my password.

Unfortunately I can't help you, I'm just curious.

If you type no password at all, just push enter, does the fingerprint
check allow you to unlock the screen? Or doesn't it appear, if you just
push enter without typing a password?

Regards,
Ralf


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