Pelas informações este dispositivo não é suportado pelo Fingerprint, infelizmente. Mesmo usuarios Win$
tem problemas com versão 64 bits, como este note é de 2008 +- há falta de drivers para essa arquitetura, mas o linux é surpreendente, quem sabe. Fica aí o que eu encontrei, se puder ajudar mais alguém.
https://launchpad.net/~fingerprint/+archive/ubuntu/fprintPPA description
FINGERPRINT AUTHENTICATION FOR UBUNTU BASED ON FPRINTD
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This PPA contains packages that add a comprehensive fingerprint-based authentication functionality to Ubuntu, including a seamless integration into GNOME 2.x, Unity and GNOME 3.x. Supported releases of Ubuntu are 14.04, 16.04 and 17.10. Please note that since version 12.10 these packages are present in the standard repositories (still, this PPA supports a wider range of fingerprint readers).
Quick installation guide
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You should be running Ubuntu 14.04, 16.04, 17.10 or any derivative thereof, and you need to have a supported fingerprint reader. Supported devices are:
045e:00bb 08ff:1683 08ff:2660 08ff:268f 147e:2020
045e:00bc 08ff:1684 08ff:2680 08ff:2691 147e:3001
045e:00bd 08ff:1685 08ff:2681 08ff:2810 1c7a:0603
045e:00ca 08ff:1686 08ff:2682 08ff:5501
0483:2015 08ff:1687 08ff:2683 08ff:5731
0483:2016 08ff:1688 08ff:2684 138a:0001
04f3:0907 08ff:1689 08ff:2685 138a:0005
05ba:0007 08ff:168a 08ff:2686 138a:0008
05ba:0008 08ff:168b 08ff:2687 138a:0010
05ba:000a 08ff:168c 08ff:2688 138a:0011
061a:0110 08ff:168d 08ff:2689 138a:0017
08ff:1600 08ff:168e 08ff:268a 138a:0018
08ff:1660 08ff:168f 08ff:268b 138a:0050
08ff:1680 08ff:2500 08ff:268c 147e:1000
08ff:1681 08ff:2550 08ff:268d 147e:1001
08ff:1682 08ff:2580 08ff:268e 147e:2016
To find out your reader's ID, run the lsusb command and look into the sixth column of the output.
1. Add this PPA to your sources:
sudo add-apt-repository ppa:fingerprint/fprint
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get upgrade
2. Install the software:
sudo apt-get install libfprint0 fprint-demo libpam-fprintd
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