FocalTech (USB 2808:9e65)

Status: Partial - reported working, no distro/hardware confirmation on record.

FocalTech press-type fingerprint sensor.

What was broken

Upstream libfprint has no driver for this FocalTech sensor.

What the fix does

Adds a libfprint driver (works alongside a focaltech_moc driver implementation) providing enroll and verify for this sensor.

Build and install

See CREDITS for the driver repo. General shape (build libfprint with the FocalTech driver):

git clone https://github.com/armoredvortex/focaltech_2808-9e65
cd focaltech_2808-9e65
# follow the repo's build steps (meson/ninja into a libfprint tree)
sudo ldconfig
sudo pkill -9 -x fprintd
fprintd-list "$USER"
sudo fprintd-enroll "$USER"

PAM setup

Enable fprintd in your PAM stack: distro helper where there is one, otherwise auth sufficient pam_fprintd.so. Never required. Full steps per distro are in docs/BUILD.md.

Tested on

• Not documented upstream beyond the device ID. Add your distro/hardware if you confirm it working.

License note

The source repo is MIT-licensed (compatible with this hub's LGPL-2.1 scope).