Helpful links
https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Fan_Speed_Control#Dell_laptops
https://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?id=248106
https://www.reddit.com/r/Dell/comments/9pdgid/configuring_the_xps_to_play_nice_with_linux
You can use the following commands to “initilize” the fans so the fancontrol can read them.
sudo modprobe dell-smm-hwmon ignore_dmi=1sudo sensors-detect
After that is done you should be able to setup a fancontrol config with
sudo pwmconfig
After it is set up you can launch fancontrol to control the fans
sudo fancontrol
If you want to tweak the setting, modify the fancontrol config under
/etc/fancontrol
or run pwmconfig again and replace config.
Sounds like you should be able to add the following to “etc/modprobe.d/dell.conf” to get it to run on boot.
options dell-smm-hwmon ignore_dmi=1