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Software

Dell offers in-house Linux support for a subset of hardware, contributing to the dell-smm-hwmon kernel module (refer to it's documentation here) and providing native Linux utilities to control hardware on supported devices. These utilities include:

  • libsmbios a suite of programs for controlling hardware. Key programs include:
    • smbios-battery-ctl: Get and set battery charge configuration
    • smbios-keyboard-ctl: Control keyboard backlight illumination and light sensors
    • smbios-lcd-brightness: Set separate screen brightness for battery and mains
    • smbios-sys-info: Get and set service, asset and property tags
    • smbios-thermal-ctl: Get and set thermal modes - usually balanced, cool-bottom, quiet, and performance
    • smbios-wireless-ctl: Get and control the status of radio hardware
  • dell-command-configureAUR (cctk) enables BIOS configuration from userland. On some devices this is the only method for configuring and persisting custom battery charge behaviour.

ACPI platform_profiles are natively supported on newer kernels which enables setting thermal modes without Dell specific software.

Dell also makes firmware updates for some devices available via the Linux Vendor firmware Service (LVFS).

Model list

Alienware

Model versionDateVideoSoundEthernetWirelessBluetoothPower managementOtherRemarks
Alienware M11x2012-02-28YesYesYesYes–Untested
Alienware M14xR22013-06-15YesYesYesYesUntestedUntested

Inspiron

Model versionDateVideoSoundEthernetWirelessBluetoothPower managementOtherRemarks
Inspiron 14202012-09YesYesYesYesUntestedUntested
Inspiron 15012007-05-17YesYesYesYes–Untested
Inspiron 15202008-03-31YesYesYesYesYesUntested
Inspiron 15252008-06-24YesYesYesYes–UntestedFn+Up/Down (LCD brightness control) is OS independent.
Inspiron 64002009-09-19YesYesYesYesYesYesFn+Up/Down (LCD brightness control) is OS independent.
Inspiron 17642011-08-19YesYesYesYesUntestedUntestedFan control/monitoring is completely broken with i8kutilsAUR
Inspiron 14 (3420)2016-09-03YesYesYesYesUntestedHibernate: UntestedRequires broadcom-wl-dkms
Inspiron 14 54252023-01-18YesYesYesYesYesYesSD card reader: Untested
Inspiron 14 (7490)2023-08-28HDMI untestedYes–YesYesYes*
Hibernate:Untested		SD card reader: UntestedRequires AHCI to be manually enabled
Inspiron 14 Plus (7430)2023-03YesYes–YesYesYes*
Hibernate:Untested		Fingerprint reader: UntestedHDMI always turn on NVIDIA, but monitor through thunderbolt can work with Intel only. Sound works better with pipewire.
Inspiron 15 (3525)2023-08-08HDMI untestedYes–YesYesYes*
Hibernate:Untested		*with disable-c6-systemd-with-modern-standbyAUR closing the lid and suspending works
Inspiron 15 (3593)2024-11-09YesYesYesYesYesYes
Inspiron 15 (5515)2021-07-01YesYesYesYesPartial*Yes* Not reliable, needs restarting or running modprobe -r btusb && modprobe btusb as root when having issues.
Inspiron 15R (5521)2022-09-26HDMI untestedYesYesYesYesUntestedSD card reader: UntestedFunction keys need to be manually assigned.
Inspiron 15 (5547)2016-01-25AMD GPU: UntestedYesYesYesYesUntestedSD card reader: Untested
Inspiron 15 (5566)2020-09-24HDMI untestedYesUntestedYesYesUntestedSD card reader: Untested
Inspiron 15 (5559)2021-07-19YesYesYesYesUntestedUntested
Inspiron 15 (7537)2016-06-01YesYesYesYesYesYesVolume up / down button needs some modifying to work all other buttons work with drivers that come with the kernel. ACPI battery is not detected on bootup and requires you to plug in and out the AC adapter.
Inspiron 15 (7570)2021-10-27YesYesYesYesYesYesUSB-C DisplayPort alt-mode tested with a Dell P2721Q monitor. 65W of power, USB hub and Video delivered over USB-C work well. Rare issues with the monitor sometimes losing the video connection when switching users or logging out (on resolution changes). The power and USB keep working though.
Inspiron 15 (7548)2015-05HDMI untestedUntested–YesYesHibernate: UntestedSD card reader: UntestedIf the kernel panics during bootup replace the 'keyboard'-hook with the specific module.
Inspiron 15 (7559)2016-08Yes*YesYesYesYesYes*bumblebee with issue
Inspiron 15 (7566)2025-03YesYes*YesYesYesYes*Subwoofer requires channel remapping via HDAJackRetask.
Inspiron 13 2-in-1 (5368)2016-12-20YesYes–YesYesUntested
Inspiron 15 (7590)2020-02YesPartial*–YesUntestedYesThunderbolt: Untested*See dedicated page
Inspiron 13 (7370)2017-12YesYes–YesYesPartial*Fingerprint reader is unsupported.*Does not wake up after closing the screen lid.
Fn Wireless toggle does not work
Inspiron M50302015-08-16YesYesYesYes–Untestedi8kutilsAUR required for fan control
Inspiron Duo 10902014-10-01YesYes–YesUntestedHibernate: Untested
Inspiron 15 (5567)2020-04-01YesYesYesYesYesYes
Inspiron 15 (5575)2019-12-01YesYesYesYesYesYesUntested:
HDMI
SD card reader
Inspiron 15 (7586)2019-07-01YesYes–YesYesHibernate: UntestedWebcam: UntestedFingerprint reader works with proprietary driver.
Inspiron 13 (5391)2021-03-30YesYes*–YesUntestedUntestedUntested:
Fingerprint reader		*Needs snd_hda_intel.dmic_detect=0
Inspiron 13 (7348)2021YesYes–YesYesHibernate: Untested
Inspiron 14 7425 2-in-12022-09-09YesYes–YesYes*YesFingerprint reader and Bluetooth cause system to hang on wake from sleep, need to add scripts to shutdown on sleep and restart on wake.
Inspiron 16 Plus (7620)2022-08-08YesOnly bottom speakers work–YesYesYesFinger print reader: It works if it is used only in one operating system
Inspiron 14 2-in-1 (7425)2022-01-24HDMI untestedYesYesYesYesYes
Inspiron 16 2-in-1 (7620)2022-12-12YesOnly bottom speakers work–YesYesYesFingerprint Reader and SD card: Working
Inspiron 16 (5620)2024-03-15YesYes–YesYesYesFingerprint Reader: Working SD card: Not tested

Latitude

Model versionDateVideoSoundEthernetWirelessBluetoothPower managementOtherRemarks
Latitude D6202007-05-17YesYesYesYes–YesUntested: Smart card reader
Latitude D6302015-12-01YesYesYesYes–Untested
Latitude D8202007-05-17YesYesYesYesYesYes
Latitude D8302007-08-01YesYesYesYesYesYes
Latitude 35402022-06-28YesYesYesYesYesYesFlaky Bluetooth coexistence with Wi-Fi
Latitude E54002021-11-11YesYesYesYesUntestedYesBluetooth LED does not glow.
Latitude 5290 2-in-12022-05YesYes–YesYesPower off: OKUntested:
Webcam
Fingerprint sensor
Latitude 54902022-02YesYes*YesYesYesHibernate: Untested**Random Screen flicker with i915 [drm] *ERROR* CPU pipe A FIFO underrun in kernel logs. Solved with intel_idle.max_cstate=4*audio mute LED use model=mute-led-gpio
**Kernel panic on suspend solved with acpi_enforce_resources=lax i915.enable_dc=0
Latitude E55002016-03-01YesYesUntestedYesUntestedYes
Latitude E55202024-01-15YesYesUntestedYesYesUntestedBuggy SD card reader

CPU would sometimes get stuck at minimum frequency, fixed with Lenovo ThinkPad T480#CPU stuck at minimum frequency

Latitude E54302016-02-01YesYesYesYesYesYes
Latitude E55402016-02-01YesYesYesYesUntestedUntested
Latitude E55702017-02-01YesYesYesYesUntestedUntestedBIOS may report incorrect RAM size, OK on UEFI.
Latitude E55802018-07-01YesYesYesYesYesYes
Latitude E54012019-10YesYesYesYesYesHibernate: UntestedUntested:
Webcam
Thunderbolt		Poor thermal design (i7 i7-9850H CPU @ 2.60GHz)
Latitude E52702023-10-11YesYesYesYesYesYesFingerprint reader
Latitude E62202016-02-01YesYesYesYesUntestedYesFingerprint reader
Latitude E62302018-12YesYesYesYes–Hibernate: UntestedRFID reader requires enabling RFID radio
Touchpad (alps a10) shaky
Latitude E64102018-06-01YesYesYesYesNoPartial*Fingerprint Sensor not functioning, no drivers seem to exist*Suspension on closing the lid not working right
Latitude E6410 (BIOS A16)2018-08-01YesYesYesYesUntestedUntestedSD card reader is unreliable. For advanced touchpad functionality see Touchpad Synaptics
Latitude E64202011-08-19YesYesYesYesUntestedYesFingerprint reader
NFC (BCM5880)
Latitude E64302018-12YesYesYesYesUntestedHibernate: UntestedTouchpad shaky, use pcsc-tools for smartcards and enable NFC/RFID if needed.
Latitude E65302014-10-01Yes*YesYesYesYesYes*If Optimus is enabled, output is VGA only, otherwise HDMI works when NVIDIA GPU is disabled in BIOS.
Latitude E72702017-01-01YesYesYesYesUntestedYes**After UEFI update
High suspend usage with power share port active
Latitude 73702019-05-11YesUntested–UntestedUntestedUntested
Latitude 7390 ( 2-in-1 )2019-02-01YesYesYesYesYesYes
Latitude E74402019-05-11YesYesYesYesYesYes
Latitude E74502016-03-01YesYesYesYesUntestedPartial*Modem: No
Synaptics touchpad + stick.		*Hibernate does not work
Latitude E74702017-01-01YesYesYesYesYesHibernate: UntestedBuggy UEFI : impossible to pass kernel parameters via efibootmgr, nor shell bcfg, nor the built-in gui.
Latitude 35002020-10-28YesYesYesYesYesYesFingerprint reader works with proprietary driver.See linked article for more details
Latitude 55802017-11-06 (±)YesYesYesYesYesYes**Needs BIOS update (with fwupd) to avoid occasional black screen when resuming
Latitude 54202023-04-20YesYesYesYesYesYesFingerprint reader works with proprietary libfprint-2-tod1-broadcomAUR
Latitude 55202024-03-24YesYesYesYesYesYesFingerprint reader works with proprietary libfprint-2-tod1-broadcomAUR
Latitude 72802024-05-07YesYesYesYesYesYesNo: Fingerprint reader
NFC reader
Latitude 74202020-10YesYes–YesYesYes**See: https://github.com/intel/thermal_daemon/issues/341
Latitude 74302024-03-20Untested: HDMI, DisplayPortYes–YesYesHibernation: UntestedYes: Fingerprint reader (with proprietary driver libfprint-2-tod1-broadcomAUR)
Untested: SIM card reader, Thunderbolt		S3 sleep is not supported
Latitude 74802019-11-07YesYesYesYesYesUntestedNo: IR Webcam
Fingerprint reader
Latitude 74902019-05-11YesYesYesYesYesYes
Latitude 55112020-10YesYesUntestedYesUntestedUntestedFix freezes with nvme_core.default_ps_max_latency_us=0
Latitude 34202022-02-04YesYes*YesYesUntestedUntested
Latitude 33102024-11-05YesYesYes*YesYesYesmodprobe r8169 needs to be run for functionality within the Ethernet port (Ethernet through USB works automatically)

Precision

Model versionDateVideoSoundEthernetWirelessBluetoothPower managementOtherRemarks
Precision M48002024-08-23Yes*YesYesYesYes**Yes****nomodeset may be required to boot.
**broadcom-bt-firmware-gitAUR needed.
***power-profiles-daemon required
Precision M67002017-01-01YesHDMI audio: UntestedYesYesUntestedYesOccasional GPU freezes with "GPU has fallen off the bus" errors since kernel 4.14.15-1 and NVIDIA 387.34
Precision 77102017-11-01YesHDMI audio: UntestedYesYesUntestedYesSuspend works without hard drive password.
xcalib -a -i is very slow.
kernel≥5.12.9 or nvidia≥465.24.02-5 causes no display to be seen after X launches. DFP-2 shows as disconnected.
Precision 77602024-05-06YesHDMI audio: UntestedYesYesYesYesS3 Sleep is disabled in ACPI, can be re-enabled by injecting modified ACPI DSDT via acpi_override. Edit the dsdt.dsl file to remove the if statement for S3 state. However many ACPI errors result from this.
Precision 77802024-09-12YesHDMI audio: UntestedYesYesYesHibernation: UntestedS3 Sleep is disabled in ACPI; modified ACPI DSDT untested.
Precision 55102020-04-01YesYesYesYesYesHibernation: UntestedEssentially the same device as the Dell XPS 15 (9550)
Precision 35302020-07-01YesYesYesYesYesHibernation: UntestedYou need to disable early microcode loading. Upgrade Thunderbolt controller to latest firmware from Windows and optionally disable Thunderbolt security within the BIOS (e.g. for TB16 docking station).
Precision 35312017-08-27YesYesYesYes–UntestedNeeds snd-hda-intel.model=laptop
Precision 55202018-02-01YesYesYesYesYesHibernation: UntestedEssentially the same device as the Dell XPS 15 (9560)
Precision 55302023-02-21YesYesYesYesYes*Yes*Needs occasional driver reloads with modprobe btusb. Need to change sleep state as per Dell XPS 15 (9570).
Precision 55702022-05-01YesYesYesYesYesYes
Precision 57602023-12-24YesYes*YesYesYesYes

Studio

Model versionDateVideoSoundEthernetWirelessBluetoothPower managementOtherRemarks
Studio 17492013-01-04YesYes*YesYes–Hibernate: Untested*Add options snd-hda-intel index=0 model=dell-m6-dmic to /etc/modprobe.d/alsa-base.conf
Studio XPS M16402009-08YesYesYesYesYesYes
Studio 15552013-04-30YesYesYesYesUntestedYes

Vostro

Model versionDateVideoSoundEthernetWirelessBluetoothPower managementOtherRemarks
Vostro 13102009-06-24YesYesYesYesUnknowYes
Vostro 10002011-03-28YesYesYesYes–YesAdd hpet=disable if resume does not work after suspend
Vostro 54812019-11-01YesYesYesYesYesYes
Vostro 33602017-11-21YesYesYesYesUntestedYes
Vostro 35832019-12-21YesYesYesYesYesYesReload ath10k_pci after resuming from sleep if Wi-Fi stops working
Vostro 35602020-02-01YesYesYesYesYesYes
Vostro 55902021-01-23YesYes*YesYesYesUntested
Vostro 75002020-10-16YesYes*–Yes–UntestedNo: Finger print scannerUEFI does not pass kernel parameters on boot
Vostro 76202022-09-05YesYes*UntestedYesUntestedUntestedFingerprint reader requires libfprint

XPS

Model versionDateVideoSoundEthernetWirelessBluetoothPower managementOtherRemarks
XPS L3222013-03YesYes–YesUntestedYesALPS Touchpad recognized only as PS/2 mouse, two-finger scroll, finger tap-to-click, etc... does not work.
XPS M13302021-01YesYesYesYesYesYes**acpi_cpufreq see: forums
XPS 13 (9333)2016-16-16YesYes–UntestedUntestedUntested
XPS 13 (9310)2016-16-16YesYes–YesYesYes
XPS 13 (9315)2022-11-26YesYes*–YesYesYesFingerprint reader: yes, Custom Secure Boot keys: yes, Webcam: no
XPS 13 (9343)2016-16-16YesYes–YesYesYes
XPS 13 (9350)2016-11-16YesYes–YesYesYesApply firmware updates
XPS 13 (9360)2016-11-16YesYes–YesYesYes
XPS 13 (9370)2018-05-29YesYes–YesYesYes
XPS 13 (9380)2019YesYes–YesYesYes
XPS 13 2-in-1 (9365)2017-10-22YesYes–YesYesYes
XPS 13 (7390)2019-12-21YesYes–YesYesYesUntested: Fingerprint sensor
XPS 13 2-in-1 (7390)2019-09-01YesYes–YesYesYesNo: Camera, Fingerprint SensorSystem freezes on boot. See device page for fix.
XPS 152016-11-17YesYes–YesYesYes
XPS 17 (9700)2020-09-18YesYes–YesYesYes
XPS 13 2-in-1 (9310)2021-03-24YesYes–YesYesYesFingerprint reader 27c6:532d unsupported, other model needs libfprint-tod-gitAUR or libfprint-2-tod1-xps9300-binAUR

G3

Model versionDateVideoSoundEthernetWirelessBluetoothPower managementOtherRemarks
G3 15 35902020-19-10YesYes*YesYesYesYesCUDA is not working with Linux 5.9Works well with optimus-manager-gitAUR, follow their page on power management.

G5

Model versionDateVideoSoundEthernetWirelessBluetoothPower managementOtherRemarks
G5 5590-93402020-08-20YesYesYesYesYesYesNo: Fingerprint reader**drivers might be extracted from Ubuntu image of this laptop

G7

Model versionDateVideoSoundEthernetWirelessBluetoothPower managementOtherRemarks
G7 77002022-05-17YesYesYesYesYesHibernate: UntestedNo: Fingerprint readerNo fine backlight control, no RGB control

G15

Model versionDateVideoSoundEthernetWirelessBluetoothPower managementOtherRemarks
G15 55252023-03-10YesYes*YesYesYesYes
G15 5515 AMD EDITION2022-02-12YesYesYesYesYesYesTouchpad disables randomly on boot, create 
/etc/modprobe.d/i2c-touchpad.conf
softdep i2c_hid pre: pinctrl_amd
G15 55112022-04-11YesYes*YesYesUntestedUntested*needs kernel parameter: snd_hda_intel.dmic_detect=0
G15 5520 NVIDIA2022-08-30YesYesYesYesYesHibernation: No
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