it has to do with a utility thats called thinkfinger. since its not in the official repos (at least at 10.04 , you have to google where it is and add it then apt-

nonetheless....

LMGTFY

http://jairaj.wordpress.com/2008/05/21/thinkpad-fingerprint-reader-on-ubuntu-hardy/

http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=674855

On Sun, Oct 17, 2010 at 9:22 PM, Odhiambo Washington <odhiambo@gmail.com> wrote:
I am running the $subject. However, I am unable to get the biometric system to work for me. For the experienced Linux-ists, how do I do this? What utility do I use to register the fingerprints?
Ironically, this page - http://www.thinkwiki.org/wiki/Installing_Ubuntu_10.10_%28Maverick%29_on_a_ThinkPad_T61 tells me something (at the bottom) but ends where it leaves me asking "then what?"


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