I mean, $2k is about okay for a month of labour in much of the world
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.
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.
How much is one of those fancy pants laptops?
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)
So what was the fix? Where’s the link to the repo?
It’s linked in the article
Thanks, I read it and scrolled up and down looking for it, but either it blends in or I was insufficiently caffeinated.
Happens to the best of us
Was it really easier to post this question instead of reading the article?
Yep! That’s why we do it. Some people like responding to the comments! I’m sorry it bothers you, but not that sorry.
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.
You could always try using hardware vendors with better support and customer service.
