Enabling Chipsailing CS9711 Fingerprint Reader (VendorID:2541 ProductID:0236) on Bazzite

If you have this fingerprint sensor, this guide might help you enable it on your Fedora 42 based system;

Enabling The Fingerprint Reader:

rpm-ostree override replace ./libfprint-1.94.6-0.0.1.f42.x86_64.rpm

rpm-ostree override replace ./libfprint-1.94.6-0.0.1.f42.x86_64.rpm

Step 3:

systemctl reboot

systemctl reboot

Step 4:

sudo cp /usr/lib/systemd/system/fprintd.service /etc/systemd/system/fprintd.service

sudo cp /usr/lib/systemd/system/fprintd.service /etc/systemd/system/fprintd.service

Step 5:

sudo nano /etc/systemd/system/fprintd.service

sudo nano /etc/systemd/system/fprintd.service

Step 6:Add to the bottom

[Install]
WantedBy=multi-user.target

[Install]
WantedBy=multi-user.target

Step 7: Ctrl+X > Y > Enter
Step 8:

sudo authselect enable-feature with-fingerprint

sudo authselect enable-feature with-fingerprint

Step 9:

sudo authselect apply-changes

sudo authselect apply-changes

Step 10:

systemctl enable fprintd.service

systemctl enable fprintd.service

Step 11: Be happy and enjoy!

Step 1:

sudo cp /etc/pam.d/sddm /etc/pam.d/sddm.bak

sudo cp /etc/pam.d/sddm /etc/pam.d/sddm.bak

Step 2:

sudo nano /etc/pam.d/sddm

sudo nano /etc/pam.d/sddm

Step 3: Add to the top

auth             sufficient      pam_fprintd.so

auth             sufficient      pam_fprintd.so

Step 4:

Ctrl+X

Ctrl+X

Enter

Enter

Step 5: Reboot
Step 6: Press

Enter

Enter

Step 7: Place your finger at the scanner
Step 8: You're done!

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