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  • How to select (*) item in ncurses terminal Xubuntu

    From Francis Marsden@nospam@nospam.nospam to alt.os.linux.ubuntu on Sat Feb 15 04:10:03 2025
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    Just installed external fingerprint readers for my Xubuntu 24.04 desktop
    and laptop, using fprintd driver. When " sudo pam-auth-update " was entered into terminal an ncurses gui came up, I couldn't figure out how to select (add a star to) the fingerprint authentication line entry, so
    instead used the command " pam-auth-update --enable fprintd ". I would
    like to know how to select or deselect an item anyway. Tried every key, didn't work. Pressing "enter" just closed the ncurses gui without
    selecting the item. Anyone know how?
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  • From azigni@azigni@yahoo.com to alt.os.linux.ubuntu on Sat Feb 15 06:02:25 2025
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    You may try here....? https://fprint.freedesktop.org/
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  • From Mark Bourne@nntp.mbourne@spamgourmet.com to alt.os.linux.ubuntu on Sat Feb 15 12:49:03 2025
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    Francis Marsden wrote:
    Just installed external fingerprint readers for my Xubuntu 24.04 desktop and laptop, using fprintd driver. When " sudo pam-auth-update " was entered into terminal an ncurses gui came up, I couldn't figure out how to select (add a star to) the fingerprint authentication line entry, so
    instead used the command " pam-auth-update --enable fprintd ". I would like to know how to select or deselect an item anyway. Tried every key, didn't work. Pressing "enter" just closed the ncurses gui without
    selecting the item. Anyone know how?

    Up/down arrow keys to highlight the relevant box, then space bar to select/deselect works for me. That's with Linux Mint 20, based on
    Ubuntu 20.04, so older than your version but I wouldn't expect something
    like this to have changed that much.
    --
    Mark.
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  • From Francis Marsden@nospam@nospam.nospam to alt.os.linux.ubuntu on Sat Feb 15 15:04:14 2025
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    On Sat, 15 Feb 2025 12:49:03 +0000, Mark Bourne wrote:

    Space bar worked, thanks. Probably the only key I didn't try
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