Getting fingerprint reader working on Dell Precision M4800

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This is really frustrating!After scouting & reading through the information available on the net and this whitepaper : Dell Precision Mobile Workstation M4800 Reimage Guide - precision-m4800-workstation_White Papers_en-us : ftp://ftp.dell.com/Manuals/all-products/esuprt_laptop/esuprt_precision_mobile/precision-m4800-workstation_White%20Papers_en-us.pdfI have understood the following :1] As per the white paper there are no 'DDPA | Access' packages available for the 5th generation precisions(M4800 & M6800). And accordingly, I cannot find any of the following package for the M4800 :Data Protection | Access — Driver PackageData Protection | Access – Middleware PackageData Protection | Access – Application Package2] without the DDPA the ControlVault(isolation of fingerprint scan storage) and PBA (pre-boot authentication) feature for the embedded fingerprint swipe sensor should not work.3] With a third party software, I should be able to use the fingerprint sensor to logon to windows.I believe the Broadcom FMA(Fingerprint management application) should be able to achieve this.This is the 'driver' that DELL provides! Here are the steps followed : Although I get a successful enroll, If I try to log on using the fingerprint recognition, 'A match for the fingerprint was not found in the fingerprint store' every single time. The only logical conclusion I could make is that the control vault is looking in the ControlVault Storage(separate from the OS storage) but since ControlVault storage is not available without DDPA no fingerprint stores are found. Am I right? If yes, any way to circumvent this? And, will there be a 'DDP Access' package release for the M4800? TIA, ThinkingMonkey

4lan · Answer

The solution is to get HP or Lenovo.

Michael Neuffer · Answer

Take a look at the following thread, it might help:

http://ridrix.wordpress.com/2009/10/13/how-to-enable-pcsc-support-for-dell-contactless-reader/

I'm still trying to figure out how to get the smart card reader to work under Linux.

Getting the fingerprint reader to work is a distant second issue for me.

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