I own a Dell G15 5511. The G15 series is a budget-friendly version of Alienware series.
My problem is I can't get the fan speed using either lm-sensors or GNOME applets (GNOME extensions Vitals or System Monitor).
I think I find out why: the dell-smm-hwmon and i8k kernel modules don't support G15 series (or even Alienware). They support Latitude, XPS, Inspiron and other series, but not G15/Alienware (I think is the same wiring).
The need is to open a kernel bug to add support for this product lines. I tried to open an issue in Kernel's Bugzilla, but it said to me to look up for distro's issue tracking. Since I use Ubuntu, here I am.
I will be happy to provide any command exit and execute any debug procedure you may need.
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ProblemType: Bug
ApportVersion: 2.20.11-0ubuntu71
Architecture: amd64
CasperMD5CheckResult: pass
CurrentDesktop: ubuntu:GNOME
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 21.10
InstallationDate: Installed on 2021-11-26 (9 days ago)
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 21.10 "Impish Indri" - Release amd64 (20211012)
NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia_modeset nvidia
Package: linux (not installed)
RebootRequiredPkgs: Error: path contained symlinks.
Tags: impish
Uname: Linux 5.15.5-051505-generic x86_64
UnreportableReason: The running kernel is not an Ubuntu kernel
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)
UserGroups: adm cdrom dip libvirt lpadmin lxd plugdev sambashare sudo vboxusers
_MarkForUpload: True
This bug is missing log files that will aid in diagnosing the problem. While running an Ubuntu kernel (not a mainline or third-party kernel) please enter the following command in a terminal window:
apport-collect 1953328
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