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    Having different content on different virtual desktops

    Thanks for that! Seems pretty well doing something like I want, that is starting progs in specific workplaces. I will try it out after finishing current work projects. Although I'm not sure I'm really into scripting.... I have been reading that KDE Plasma might offer these extended functions by...
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    Installing a fingerprint reader on a Linux (Mint21) desktop computer

    Great idea. Thanks. The combination with a password manager looks really promising. But who says that these work with Linux?
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    Installing a fingerprint reader on a Linux (Mint21) desktop computer

    Thanks for all the helpful ideas. (I went to bed, was getting late in Greece where I live). Seems I will have to consider a clean install. I'm pushing that notion away because I have a huge home partition and also I have installed really many programs. ... And in a way, my system works. But I...
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    Installing a fingerprint reader on a Linux (Mint21) desktop computer

    Thanks for that! I have been looking around a little and start wondering about my partitions: On my main drive I have 4 partitions, boot, root or system, home and swap. I don't have an EFI partition, there is only an Efi folder in the boot partition. So maybe that's why the grub-efi says it...
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    Installing a fingerprint reader on a Linux (Mint21) desktop computer

    Hmmm, good question. Used that some years ago to get a nice pic on the start screen and larger font for the text. Since then I have done a lot of reconfiguration, added new HD etc. The configuration seems lost, I don't get the background picture anymore . Do you think I could use that to repair...
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    Installing a fingerprint reader on a Linux (Mint21) desktop computer

    Thanks again. I am using Timeshift regularly. Saved me a number of times ....
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    Installing a fingerprint reader on a Linux (Mint21) desktop computer

    Thanks. I did try that. But got nothing.
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    Installing a fingerprint reader on a Linux (Mint21) desktop computer

    Well, I have restarted, and the computer fired up. I couldn't get into the Grub page though, should have at start-up, but couldn't get it. So, will leave it at that. Thanks for your help!
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    Installing a fingerprint reader on a Linux (Mint21) desktop computer

    Hi, as written earlier I am kind of stuck. Any ideas how I can solve this situation?
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    Installing a fingerprint reader on a Linux (Mint21) desktop computer

    The correct Boot partition UUID would be a46db6b5-4e90-482a-975b-4055db74c472. I have no idea where that ID requirement in the installation process comes from.
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    Installing a fingerprint reader on a Linux (Mint21) desktop computer

    So at the moment I a will not switch off my computer fearing it will not restart...?
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    Installing a fingerprint reader on a Linux (Mint21) desktop computer

    Hi again, I tried the commands you gave me. Unfortunately I got errors. One error frightens me, which I got after trying to install Ggrub efi: Unpacking von grub-efi (2.06-2ubuntu7) ... grub-efi-amd64 (2.06-2ubuntu10) is being set up ... mount: /var/lib/grub/esp: Special device...
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    Installing a fingerprint reader on a Linux (Mint21) desktop computer

    Is there any way to find out more about that? I hear some FP devices are supposed to work ...?
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    Installing a fingerprint reader on a Linux (Mint21) desktop computer

    Thanks again. Well. looking for extra drivers tells me my system needs no drivers. As to UEFI I might have a problem. For some weeks now I get an error response when I do Software updates. At he end it tells me (sorry in German): dpkg: Fehler beim Bearbeiten des Paketes grub-efi-amd64-signed...
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    Installing a fingerprint reader on a Linux (Mint21) desktop computer

    Thanks for that! I had seen that somewhere too. But it's not available because Linux doesn't recognise the hardware, ie it doesn't see it from the personal profile. I guess I need a driver first. Or a Linux compatible piece of hardware.....
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