John had no idea what "swc" meant, but he knew it didn't sound good. He tried restarting his laptop, reinstalling the driver, and even searching online for solutions, but nothing seemed to work. He began to feel frustrated and worried that he might have made a mistake purchasing the fingerprint reader.

Go back to Services, right-click , and select Start . 5. Install via .INF (The Manual Bypass)

This blog post is designed to help users troubleshoot a common but frustrating biometric error. Fixed: “Unable to Detect SWC” for Fingerprint Drivers

sudo journalctl -u fprintd -f sudo libfprint-fprintd-list