Need Help Enabling Face Recognition Authentication in Zorin OS

[moosarawahi]

Hello Zorin Community,

I’ve been trying to set up face recognition authentication on my Zorin OS system but haven’t had success despite following multiple guides. Here’s my setup and issue:

System Details:

Device: OptiPlex 4700 All-in-One
Webcam: Supports, MJPG and YUYV ONLY
Zorin OS Version:17.3

What I’ve Tried:

1. Followed tutorials to install Howdy (Linux auth alternative to Windows Hello).
2. Confirmed webcam works with cheese/fswebcam, but Howdy fails to detect it.
3. Tested different v4l2 configurations, but the camera either isn’t recognized or throws errors like:

[Forpli]

How to Set Up Face Unlock on Ubuntu and Other Linux Distros

Some people here in the forum have probably already tried to set up Howdy, but have often failed. It seems not to work properly.

Howdy Face add problem

See if this System76 guide is of help (it uses same commands as you would find in Zorin): Setup facial recognition for authentication (howdy). - System76 Support I would also see if you have same issue in X11 (Zorin on xorg) as the default compositor is set to Wayland (Zorin Desktop) by default. Before you enter your password, select your username at login and a cog should appear lower right - change this to 'Zorin on xorg' from 'Zorin Desktop'.

I have read that even if the setup works, using facial recognition does not unlock the keyring, so you still have to enter your password to unlock the keyring or you have to disable the keyring.

[StarTreker]

For safety & security, I do not use facial recognition. Unless you really need to use facial rec over thumb print unlock, or password unlock, I'd recommend against.

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