r/linuxquestions • u/shanto9901 • 1d ago

hey brothers i have been trying to set my finger print sensor on my arch linux with hyprland on HP EliteBook 840 G8 .

if you guys have any idea or fixes for me please help

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u/No_Elderberry862 1d ago

Excluding the sistren will cut down on answers.

You could start by running lsusb | grep Finger in the terminal & then seeing if your reader is supported by fprintd. What does the Arch wiki say?

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u/tomscharbach 1d ago edited 1d ago

The ArchWiki suggests that the fignerprint reader on the 840 G8 is not officially supported, which in turn suggests that no specific drivers or configuration is provided in Arch.

HP does not provide EliteBook 840 G8 Linux drivers, so you might have to look for a community-based solution.

I found instructions for Ubuntu-based distributions but not Arch-based distributions. However, you might be able to use the information provided in that GitHub to work toward a solution.

My best and good luck.