ThinkFinger is a driver for the SGS Thomson Microelectronics fingerprint reader found in most IBM/Lenovo ThinkPads.

Release: ThinkFinger 0.3
Posted on Thursday, April 5th, 2007 (06:39) by Timo Hoenig

It's been a while since the last release, but I'm pretty sure it was
worth waiting. ThinkFinger 0.3 is out!

Download (Tarball):

* http://sf.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=179573

Major changes (0.2.2 to 0.3):

* support for any device which is working with the binary driver
* avoid fingerprint device from heating up
* new debugging option '--enable-usb-debug' (see INSTALL)
* PAM debug support (see INSTALL)
* compatibility to biometric identification records of the binary driver

For details please have a look at the complete ChangeLog:

* http://thinkfinger.svn.sf.net/viewvc/*checkout*/thinkfinger/ChangeLog?revision=108 (see sf.net comments)

FOSDEM 2007
Posted on Friday, February 23rd, 2007 (02:01) by Timo Hoenig

There will be a talk about ThinkFinger on this year's FOSDEM. It will be on Sunday, 25th February 2007, 11:15 - 12:00 in room H.1308.

So, if you can make it to Brussels on that weekend give us a visit.
http://www.fosdem.org/2007/schedule/events/opensuse_thinkfinger (see sf.net comments)

Release: ThinkFinger 0.2.2
Posted on Monday, February 5th, 2007 (04:17) by Timo Hoenig

ThinkFinger 0.2.2 is out.

Download (Tarball):

* http://sf.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=179573

Major changes (0.2.1 to 0.2.2):

* Add support for PAM < 0.99.1.0.
* Add man pages for 'tf-tool' and 'pam_thinkfinger'.
* pam_thinkfinger: Add support for pam_syslog.

For details please have a look at the complete ChangeLog:

* http://thinkfinger.svn.sf.net/viewvc/*checkout*/thinkfinger/ChangeLog?revision=72

Many thanks to Stephan Berberig and Luca Capello for contributing patches! (see sf.net comments)

Release: ThinkFinger 0.2.1
Posted on Monday, January 29th, 2007 (13:33) by Timo Hoenig

I'm glad to announce the release of ThinkFinger 0.2.1.

Download (Tarball):

* http://sf.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=179573

Major changes (0.2 to 0.2.1):

* Unify initialization for all revisions of the fingerprint reader. This obsoletes 'tf-init' and the '--no-init' switch for 'tf-tool'.
* It is now possible to acquire biometric identification records for users which are then respected by the PAM module. See README and INSTALL for details.
* Make 'tf-tool' more robust and error-prone.
* Update documentation (README, INSTALL).
* Many fixes in both, libthinkfinger and tf-tool.

For details please have a look at the complete ChangeLog: http://thinkfinger.svn.sf.net/viewvc/*checkout*/thinkfinger/ChangeLog?revision=55

Thanks to Luca Capello for contributing patches (documentation and autoconf).

In the timeframe from ThinkFinger 0.2 to 0.2.1 the project received a polished web site. Check out:

* http://thinkfinger.sf.net

It is the result of the marvellous work of Wolfgang Hafenscher. Many thanks! (see sf.net comments)

Project Page Online
Posted on Tuesday, January 23rd, 2007 (15:01) by Timo Hoenig

Thanks to the wonderful work of Wolfgang, ThinkFinger now has an enviable project homepage. In other news you can expect a bug fix release (ThinkFinger 0.2.1) soon. (see sf.net comments)

Release: ThinkFinger 0.2
Posted on Friday, January 12th, 2007 (07:04) by Timo Hoenig

I'm happy to announce the release of ThinkFinger 0.2.

You can download the tar ball in the files section of the project on SourceForge. (see sf.net comments)

Initial check-in
Posted on Wednesday, November 8th, 2006 (10:16) by Timo Hoenig

I just checked in the initial code of libthinkfinger to SVN. It comes with a little example application. Enjoy.

Timo (see sf.net comments)