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SwissCat

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Registered: 2026-05-12

Posts: 1

fprintd enroll duplicate with no enrolled fingers

Hi,

While trying to setup fprintd with my laptop I encountered an issue.  The fingerprint reader is on their supported devices (USB id: 10a5:a305).

During the first setup I enrolled my right index finger, and then I stupidly rerun the command and re-enrolled it. I got the enroll-duplicate "error", and something must have broken at that point.

Since then the list shows me no enrolled fingers, and when trying to re-enroll it I get the same duplicate error.

I tried to delete all fingerprints both by manually deleting the folder and running fprintd-delete. I also tried to remove the package, reboot, and reinstall but the problem persists.

Here is what happens when trying to enroll my right index again :

SwissCat@TheNerdFunkyFrog ~> fprintd-list $USER
found 1 devices
Device at /net/reactivated/Fprint/Device/0
Using device /net/reactivated/Fprint/Device/0
User SwissCat has no fingers enrolled for FPC L:0000 FW:1425046.
SwissCat@TheNerdFunkyFrog ~> fprintd-enroll $user
Using device /net/reactivated/Fprint/Device/0
Enrolling right-index-finger finger.
Enroll result: enroll-stage-passed
Enroll result: enroll-stage-passed
Enroll result: enroll-remove-and-retry
Enroll result: enroll-remove-and-retry
Enroll result: enroll-remove-and-retry
Enroll result: enroll-remove-and-retry
Enroll result: enroll-stage-passed
Enroll result: enroll-remove-and-retry
Enroll result: enroll-finger-not-centered
Enroll result: enroll-stage-passed
Enroll result: enroll-remove-and-retry
Enroll result: enroll-stage-passed
Enroll result: enroll-remove-and-retry
Enroll result: enroll-finger-not-centered
Enroll result: enroll-stage-passed
Enroll result: enroll-duplicate
SwissCat@TheNerdFunkyFrog ~ [1]>

Has anyone already encountered such an issue ? If this is the wrong place to request assistance please let me know.