HCL - Dell Xps 17 9710

[Robert Horvath]

Hi,

Sound and mic do not work out of the box, but you can make them work.

To make sound and mic work:

1. dom0: sudo qubes-dom0-update kernel-latest git tar automake libtool
   
2. Create new cube called "alsa-download", and start a terminal in alsa-download vm.
   
3. In alsa-download: 
1. git clone git://git.alsa-project.org/alsa-lib.git
2. cd alsa-lib
3. git checkout v1.2.6.1
4. cd ..
5. tar czvf alsa-lib.tgz alsa-lib
6. git git://git.alsa-project.org/alsa-ucm-conf.git
7. cd alsa-ucm-conf
8. git checkout v1.2.6.1
9. cd ..
10. tar czvf alsa-ucm.tgz alsa-ucm-conf
11. wget https://download-ib01.fedoraproject.org/pub/fedora/linux/updates/testing/35/Everything/aarch64/Packages/a/alsa-sof-firmware-2.0-2.fc35.noarch.rpm
    
4. In dom0:
1. qvm-run --pass-io alsa-download 'cat /home/user/alsa-lib.tgz' > alsa-lib.tgz
2. qvm-run --pass-io personal 'cat /home/user/alsa-ucm.tgz' > alsa-ucm.tgz
3. qvm-run --pass-io personal 'cat /home/user/alsa-sof-firmware-2.0-2.fc35.noarch.rpm' > alsa-sof-firmware-2.0-2.fc35.noarch.rpm
4. sudo dnf install alsa-sof-firmware-2.0-2.fc35.noarch.rpm
5. tar xzvf alsa-lib.tgz
6. tar xzvf alsa-ucm.tgz
7. cd alsa-lib
8. ./gitcompile
9. sudo make install
10. cd ../alsa-ucm-conf
11. cp -r ucm ucm2 /usr/share/alsa
5. Restart computer, and enjoy sound and mic. Make sure in dom0 `uname -a` gives you kernel version >= 5.15.
6. Make sure every time you lose sound, or mic or both:
   
1. double check kernel version in dom0 `uname -a` gives you higher than or equal 5.15
2. in dom0:
1. cd alsa-lib
2. sudo make install
3. cd ../alsa-ucm-conf
4. cp -r ucm ucm2 /usr/share/alsa
5. Make sure `sudo dnf list --installed|grep alsa-sof` gives you version 2.0.2 or higher. If not, execute step 3.2, 4.c, 4.d from above in that order.
   

Enjoy sound and mic!

Best regards

Robert

[Sven Semmler]

Thank you Robert for your HCL report, which is [online](https://www.qubes-os.org/hcl/#dell_xps-17-9710_i7-11800h_tiger-lake_integrated-graphics-uhd) now.

/Sven

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