To enable the included PAM module and allow use of the fingerprint reader for instance to login via the SDDM login manager, add a 'pam_fprintd.so' line right below the 'pam_unix.so' definition in '/etc/pam.d/sddm': like this: auth sufficient pam_unix.so try_first_pass likeauth nullok auth sufficient pam_fprintd.so Likewise, immediately below 'pam_unix.so' add a 'pam_fprintd.so' line to '/etc/pam.d/kde' so it looks like this: auth sufficient pam_unix.so try_first_pass likeauth nullok auth sufficient pam_fprintd.so