Fixing the sound on Dell's XPS 17 9700 on Linux
Dell's new XPS 17 line includes a new hardware array of microphones. That's cool, but it's not supported on most Linux distributions yet.
![Fixing the sound on Dell's XPS 17 9700 on Linux](/content/images/2021/02/wojak_laptop.jpg)
And even worse, on current Ubuntu default installations it causes sound output to break completely.
The way to fix this is to update your kernel to a version that supports this new hardware and then install the necessary firmware and drivers. Since any system update can break this fix again I decided to wrap it up into a small script that does most of the work for you.
Now we can all have our... sound and update our systems too.
stukev/XPS-17-9700-Ubuntu-Soundfix
A simple script to install the necessary firmware to fix sound output (dummy sound). - stukev/XPS-17-9700-Ubuntu-Soundfix