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minus-square30021190@lemmy.cloud.aboutcher.co.uklinkfedilinkarrow-up5·edit-22 years agoThere is a goodix Linux driver for the following models: 27c6:538c 27c6:533c 27c6:530c 27c6:5840 Have a look here for a Fedora37 Guide. https://gitlab.com/-/snippets/2500389 Also fwupd does support the XPS range, I get my bios updates and usb dock updates through it.
minus-square30021190@lemmy.cloud.aboutcher.co.uklinkfedilinkarrow-up0arrow-down1·2 years agoDell provide a Ubuntu deb that can be modified for other distros. Arch also has it in the AUR
minus-square30021190@lemmy.cloud.aboutcher.co.uklinkfedilinkarrow-up2·2 years agoYou just extract the package and install it manually… It isn’t a complex deb at all. The hardest part is ensuring you have the libfprint-tod package. If you follow the fedora guide and alter it for your distro it should work as the guide is mainly about compiling. Also the deb should install on other derivatives as it isn’t Ubuntu specific. YMMV.
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There is a goodix Linux driver for the following models:
Have a look here for a Fedora37 Guide. https://gitlab.com/-/snippets/2500389
Also fwupd does support the XPS range, I get my bios updates and usb dock updates through it.
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Dell provide a Ubuntu deb that can be modified for other distros.
Arch also has it in the AUR
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You just extract the package and install it manually… It isn’t a complex deb at all. The hardest part is ensuring you have the libfprint-tod package.
If you follow the fedora guide and alter it for your distro it should work as the guide is mainly about compiling.
Also the deb should install on other derivatives as it isn’t Ubuntu specific. YMMV.