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

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• Iceblade02@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  I mean, $2k is about okay for a month of labour in much of the world

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  • Damage@feddit.it ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    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.

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  • mal3oon@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    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.

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  • wizzor@sopuli.xyz ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    How much is one of those fancy pants laptops?

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• frongt@lemmy.zip ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  So what was the fix? Where’s the link to the repo?

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  • falseWhite@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    It’s linked in the article

    github.com/…/16iax10h-linux-sound-saga

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    • frongt@lemmy.zip ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      Thanks, I read it and scrolled up and down looking for it, but either it blends in or I was insufficiently caffeinated.

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  • FauxLiving@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

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  • Geth@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    Was it really easier to post this question instead of reading the article?

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    • sem@lemmy.blahaj.zone ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      Yep! That’s why we do it. Some people like responding to the comments! I’m sorry it bothers you, but not that sorry.

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• uairhahs@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  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…

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• MudMan@fedia.io ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  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.

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  • BD89@lemmy.sdf.org ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    You could always try using hardware vendors with better support and customer service.

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    • MudMan@fedia.io ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      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.

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