Replacing fingerprint reader on 5590 to work under Linux

Even if you can physically fit a replacement part (and bear in mind that may not be possible), unless you live in Southeast China, finding the part will be next to impossible.

If the default reader doesn't work with your chosen Linux distribution, there are USB readers you can use.

Thanks for the quick reply. Unfortunately, this is so sad.

Open the Activities overview and start typing Users.

Click on Users to open the panel.

Press on Disabled, next to Fingerprint Login to add a fingerprint for the selected account. If you are adding the fingerprint for a different user, you will first need to Unlock the panel.

Select the finger that you want to use for the fingerprint, then Next.

Follow the instructions in the dialog and swipe your finger at a moderate speed over your fingerprint reader. Once the computer has a good record of your fingerprint, you will see a Done! message.

Select Next. You will see a confirmation message that your fingerprint was saved successfully. Select Close to finish.

Greetings,
J Wick

I think the sensor is actually not supported ( nor will be in future ) under Linux.

5843 is supported for Linux: 

https://git.launchpad.net/~oem-solutions-engineers/libfprint-2-tod1-broadcom/+git/libfprint-2-tod1-b...