Posting here because I've run into this exact problem recently. You can expect to see this behavior on both ESXi 5.0 and 5.1. The fix above is correct: reboot the Fedora VM into the recovery console (you might have to select Advanced Options in the bootloader first), and run: yum -y remove fprintd. Note that the -y just saves you from having to hit y when yum is ready to remove the package. Reboot and you should get to your Fedora login screen without incident.
mike