Frustrated users crowdfund a $2,000 fix for Lenovo Legion ‘speakers not working properly’ error — bug bounty posted, coder wins the cash by fixing complex audio annoyance in just a month
https://www.tomshardware.com/software/linux/frustrated-users-paid-usd2-000-dollars-to-fix-lenovo-legion-speakers-not-working-properly-error-by-posting-a-bug-bounty-coder-wins-the-cash-by-fixing-complex-audio-annoyance-eliminated-in-just-a-month
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Iceblade02@lemmy.world · 84 pts · 272d
I mean, $2k is about okay for a month of labour in much of the world
Damage@feddit.it · 81 pts · 272d
First of all, it says it took a month of time from when he posted the initial bounty, not a month of labour... Maybe it took less. Anyway if someone has this sort of skills, they should make good money anywhere.
mal3oon@lemmy.world · 50 pts · 272d
True, but the guy who fixed it is an EU researcher in CS in Canada. I highly doubt he did it for the money. He seems to be into puzzles. It sucks that Lenovo did not compensate him though.
wizzor@sopuli.xyz · 5 pts · 272d
How much is one of those fancy pants laptops?
frongt@lemmy.zip · 20 pts · 272d
So what was the fix? Where's the link to the repo?
falseWhite@lemmy.world · 79 pts · 272d
frongt@lemmy.zip · 25 pts · 272d
Thanks, I read it and scrolled up and down looking for it, but either it blends in or I was insufficiently caffeinated.
TeNppa@sopuli.xyz · 12 pts · 272d
Happens to the best of us
FauxLiving@lemmy.world · 43 pts · 272d
Geth@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 11 pts · 272d
Was it really easier to post this question instead of reading the article?
sem@lemmy.blahaj.zone · 6 pts · 272d
Yep! That's why we do it. Some people like responding to the comments! I'm sorry it bothers you, but not that sorry.
uairhahs@lemmy.world · 13 pts · 271d
I'm a little perplexed by this I have a bash script that fixes this (I have this laptop) I never needed to compile a kernel or follow all these steps. Ran the script once and it just works, across all updates no issues yet...
Update: Realised this is for the 7i 10th gen, I have 9i 9th gen (nevermind my ramblings)
MudMan@fedia.io · 5 pts · 271d
I have an ASUS laptop that maps its multiple speakers incorrectly under Linux, it's been killing me for months and I'm now considering it. I was not prepared for the realization that the Linux path forward would be to just pay by the bug fix.
BD89@lemmy.sdf.org · 1 pts · 268d
You could always try using hardware vendors with better support and customer service.
MudMan@fedia.io · 3 pts · 267d
No.
I had that laptop before I tried to move it to Linux and I'm not buying a new one. It does work under Windows.
This is not my laptop not supporting Linux, this is Linux not supporting my laptop. Because I already own the laptop. If people weren't trying to cheerlead for their preferred OS for other reasons than... you know, whether it's good or not, this wouldn't even be a discussion. In fact, half the "Windows sucks" angles these days are down to "Windows 11 doesn't support specific pieces of pre-existing hardware". Which, you know, is the exact problem I'm having here.
Now, would ASUS finally paying attention to the ecosystem make it easier for a whole bunch of people to move over? Sure. Of course. But that doesn't contradict my previous statements.