diff -up capplets/about-me/gnome-about-me-fingerprint.c gnome-control-center-2.26.0/capplets/about-me/gnome-about-me-fingerprint.c
--- capplets/about-me/gnome-about-me-fingerprint.c	2009-04-16 16:51:51.000000000 +0100
+++ capplets/about-me/gnome-about-me-fingerprint.c	2009-04-16 16:56:49.000000000 +0100
@@ -92,6 +92,40 @@ get_first_device (void)
 	return device;
 }
 
+static gboolean
+pam_fprintd_available (void)
+{
+	char *contents, **lines;
+	gboolean ret;
+	guint i;
+
+	if (g_file_test ("/etc/pam.d/gdm-fingerprint", G_FILE_TEST_IS_REGULAR) == FALSE)
+		return FALSE;
+	if (g_file_get_contents ("/etc/sysconfig/authconfig", &contents, NULL, NULL) == FALSE)
+		return FALSE;
+
+	lines = g_strsplit (contents, "\n", -1);
+	g_free (contents);
+
+	ret = FALSE;
+
+	for (i = 0; lines[i] ; i++) {
+		if (g_str_has_prefix (lines[i], "USEFPRINTD=") != FALSE) {
+			char *value;
+
+			value = lines[i] + strlen ("USEFPRINTD=");
+			if (g_strcmp0 (value, "yes") == 0) {
+				ret = TRUE;
+				break;
+			}
+		}
+	}
+
+	g_strfreev (lines);
+
+	return ret;
+}
+
 static const char *
 get_reason_for_error (const char *dbus_error)
 {
@@ -146,29 +180,24 @@ set_fingerprint_label (GtkWidget *enable
 	gtk_widget_set_no_show_all (enable, TRUE);
 	gtk_widget_set_no_show_all (disable, TRUE);
 
+	if (pam_fprintd_available () == FALSE)
+		goto bail;
+
 	if (manager == NULL) {
 		create_manager ();
-		if (manager == NULL) {
-			gtk_widget_hide (enable);
-			gtk_widget_hide (disable);
-			return;
-		}
+		if (manager == NULL)
+			goto bail;
 	}
 
 	device = get_first_device ();
-	if (device == NULL) {
-		gtk_widget_hide (enable);
-		gtk_widget_hide (disable);
-		return;
-	}
+	if (device == NULL)
+		goto bail;
 
 	if (!dbus_g_proxy_call (device, "ListEnrolledFingers", &error, G_TYPE_STRING, "", G_TYPE_INVALID,
 				G_TYPE_STRV, &fingers, G_TYPE_INVALID)) {
 		if (dbus_g_error_has_name (error, "net.reactivated.Fprint.Error.NoEnrolledPrints") == FALSE) {
-			gtk_widget_hide (enable);
-			gtk_widget_hide (disable);
 			g_object_unref (device);
-			return;
+			goto bail;
 		}
 		fingers = NULL;
 	}
@@ -185,6 +214,11 @@ set_fingerprint_label (GtkWidget *enable
 
 	g_strfreev (fingers);
 	g_object_unref (device);
+
+	return;
+bail:
+	gtk_widget_hide (enable);
+	gtk_widget_hide (disable);
 }
 
 static void