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Seth
Asked: 2014-03-10 20:31:03 +0800 CST

Why does gnome-control-center have png images for a fingerprint reader? Does it have one and can I use it?

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So I was randomly looking at images on my computer and I found these in /usr/share/gnome-control-center/pixmaps:

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I didn't think Ubuntu had any built in fingerprint reader support. So why are these here and did I miss something? I haven't installed any fingerprint reader related packages that I know of.

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2 Answers

  1. Those are there when you need them. You don't need a fingerprint reader for those images being there at all, when you get a fingerprint reader the images don't need to be downloaded and installed.

    Those images are provided by the gnome-control-center-data which provides non-architecture dependant files needed for Gnome Control Center to work. The fact that the images are there doesn't mean that you have a fingerprint reader, but that your system will be ready the very moment you install one.

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  2. GNOME does, in fact, have "built-in" fingerprint reader support.

    See this help thread from gnome.org.

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