Comments on: Using the Thinkpad fingerprint reader on Linux (HOWTO) http://zzamboni.org/brt/2006/04/25/using-the-thinkpad-fingerprint-reader-on-linux/ Musings about technology and other neat stuff Tue, 29 Sep 2009 21:48:06 +0200 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Run xscreensaver GL hacks only on one xinerama screen | BrT http://zzamboni.org/brt/2006/04/25/using-the-thinkpad-fingerprint-reader-on-linux/comment-page-1/#comment-10740 Run xscreensaver GL hacks only on one xinerama screen | BrT Mon, 19 Feb 2007 09:40:41 +0000 http://www.zzamboni.org/brt/2006/04/25/106/#comment-10740 [...] You can get the patch for xscreensaver 5.00 here: xscreensaver-5.00-glscreencontrol.patch If you use Gentoo, you can get the xscreensaver portage overlay (which also includes the fingerprint reader patch) here: xscreensaver-overlay.tar.gz [...] [...] You can get the patch for xscreensaver 5.00 here: xscreensaver-5.00-glscreencontrol.patch If you use Gentoo, you can get the xscreensaver portage overlay (which also includes the fingerprint reader patch) here: xscreensaver-overlay.tar.gz [...]

]]> By: Jürgen Löb http://zzamboni.org/brt/2006/04/25/using-the-thinkpad-fingerprint-reader-on-linux/comment-page-1/#comment-10527 Jürgen Löb Thu, 18 Jan 2007 00:59:04 +0000 http://www.zzamboni.org/brt/2006/04/25/106/#comment-10527 <p>I was unable to compile the ebuild (alternative-auth patch failed). After modifying the ebuild for 4.24-r1 I was able to compile the ebuild and use it.</p> <p>I made the following changes:</p> <p>commented out: eautoreconf</p> <p>added line in function src_compile(): --with-pam-alt-service-name=bioapi4a7d3d609129a9296bf7ac0608c2097 <p>Using the same changes in the 5.00 ebuild results in getting the following error:</p> <p>Jan 17 23:22:49 galadriel xscreensaver[13322]: PAM _pam_load_conf_file: unable t o open /etc/pam.d/system.auth Jan 17 23:22:49 galadriel xscreensaver[13322]: PAM unable to dlopen(<<em>unknown mo dule path</em>>) Jan 17 23:22:49 galadriel xscreensaver[13322]: PAM [error: <<em>unknown module path *>: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory] Jan 17 23:22:49 galadriel xscreensaver[13322]: PAM adding faulty module: <</em>unkno wn module path*></p> <p>I hope this of some help.</p> I was unable to compile the ebuild (alternative-auth patch failed). After modifying the ebuild for 4.24-r1 I was able to compile the ebuild and use it.

I made the following changes:

commented out:
eautoreconf

added line in function src_compile():
–with-pam-alt-service-name=bioapi4a7d3d609129a9296bf7ac0608c2097

Using the same changes in the 5.00 ebuild results in getting the following error:

Jan 17 23:22:49 galadriel xscreensaver[13322]: PAM _pam_load_conf_file: unable t
o open /etc/pam.d/system.auth
Jan 17 23:22:49 galadriel xscreensaver[13322]: PAM unable to dlopen(<unknown mo
dule path>)
Jan 17 23:22:49 galadriel xscreensaver[13322]: PAM [error: <unknown module path
*>: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory]
Jan 17 23:22:49 galadriel xscreensaver[13322]: PAM adding faulty module: <unkno
wn module path*>

I hope this of some help.

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