How to set up fingerprint authentication on openSUSE Tumbleweed and KDE Plasma

Set up a fingerprint device and use it to authenticate myself in KDE on openSUSE. Similar steps should work on GNOME and other Distros. At the end of the article, you can find a reference for KDE running on debian-based distros.

I have an old Toshiba Notebook which has a Fingerprint device and I wanted to use it to authenticate myself in KDE on openSuse. Similar steps should work on GNOME and other Distros. At the end of the article you can find a reference for KDE running on debian-based distros.

Check if your fingerprint reader device is supported

Run lsusb and check for any device with fingerprint.

(ds) [email protected]:~> lsusb 
Bus 004 Device 003: ID 8086:0189 Intel Corp. Centrino Advanced-N 6230 Bluetooth adapter 
Bus 004 Device 002: ID 8087:0024 Intel Corp. Integrated Rate Matching Hub 
Bus 004 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub 
Bus 003 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0003 Linux Foundation 3.0 root hub 
Bus 002 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub 
Bus 001 Device 020: ID 0930:1314 Toshiba Corp. F5521gw 
Bus 001 Device 004: ID 0bda:58f5 Realtek Semiconductor Corp. 2SF001 
Bus 001 Device 018: ID 08ff:168b AuthenTec, Inc. Fingerprint Sensor
Bus 001 Device 002: ID 8087:0024 Intel Corp…