Dell Inspiron 5547 - ArchWiki

# Dell Inspiron 5547

This is an install and configuration guide for the Dell Inspiron 15 000 Series (Model 5547) laptop, testing with the manjaro 4.1.15-2-MANJARO kernel.

See the Laptop/Dell chart for information on other Dell laptops.

## Hardware Details

lspci output:

     00:00.0 Host bridge: Intel Corporation Haswell-ULT DRAM Controller (rev 0b)
     00:02.0 VGA compatible controller: Intel Corporation Haswell-ULT Integrated Graphics Controller (rev 0b)
     00:03.0 Audio device: Intel Corporation Haswell-ULT HD Audio Controller (rev 0b)
     00:14.0 USB controller: Intel Corporation 8 Series USB xHCI HC (rev 04)
     00:16.0 Communication controller: Intel Corporation 8 Series HECI #0 (rev 04)
     00:1b.0 Audio device: Intel Corporation 8 Series HD Audio Controller (rev 04)
     00:1c.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 8 Series PCI Express Root Port 3 (rev e4)
     00:1c.3 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 8 Series PCI Express Root Port 4 (rev e4)
     00:1c.4 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 8 Series PCI Express Root Port 5 (rev e4)
     00:1d.0 USB controller: Intel Corporation 8 Series USB EHCI #1 (rev 04)
     00:1f.0 ISA bridge: Intel Corporation 8 Series LPC Controller (rev 04)
     00:1f.2 SATA controller: Intel Corporation 8 Series SATA Controller 1 [AHCI mode] (rev 04)
     00:1f.3 SMBus: Intel Corporation 8 Series SMBus Controller (rev 04)
     01:00.0 Ethernet controller: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. RTL8101E/RTL8102E PCI Express Fast Ethernet controller (rev 07)
     02:00.0 Network controller: Qualcomm Atheros QCA9565 / AR9565 Wireless Network Adapter (rev 01)
     03:00.0 Display controller: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD/ATI] Topaz XT [Radeon R7 M260/M265]

lsusb output:

     Bus 001 Device 006: ID 064e:c231 Suyin Corp.
     Bus 001 Device 005: ID 0bda:0129 Realtek Semiconductor Corp. RTS5129 Card Reader Controller
     Bus 001 Device 004: ID 04f3:2013 Elan Microelectronics Corp.
     Bus 001 Device 007: ID 0cf3:e005 Atheros Communications, Inc.
     Bus 001 Device 002: ID 8087:8000 Intel Corp.
     Bus 001 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub
     Bus 003 Device 002: ID 1058:0748 Western Digital Technologies, Inc. My Passport (WDBKXH, WDBY8L)
     Bus 003 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0003 Linux Foundation 3.0 root hub
     Bus 002 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub

## Installation

Tested with dual boots Windows 10/Manjaro 15-2. Step: Installation from a USB key. Create one following this page. Installed with UEFI mode enabled (Boot installation).

## Hardware

### Audio

Sound should work out of the box with Intel HD Audio and PulseAudio.

### Microphone

Need to configure PulseAudio If the built-in microphone is static, setting the sample rate in PulseAudio may solve the problem.

### Video

The notebook comes two GPUs, one power-efficent (Intel Corporation Haswell-ULT Integrated Graphics) and one more powerful and more power-hungry (AMD Radeon R7 M265). Please read this ATI Dynamic Switchable Graphics. This has not be testing yet.

You can found a topic in the Archlinux forum about the problem here

### Keyboard

Keyboard worked out of the box.

### Touchpad

Touchpad worked out of the box. To enable scroll and more, install xf86-input-synaptics. With the default configuration file it will work well, but if you want to fine tune the behaviour, read Touchpad Synaptics.

### Wireless

Wireless worked out of the box.

### USB, SD card slot, ethernet, HDMI, webcam and mediakeys

USB: work out of the box. SD card slotnor: not tested Ethernet: work out of the box. HDMI: work out of the box, need configuration to auto-switch between video/sound laptop/hdmi(TV,...). Mediakeys: almost all work. Wifi off/on not working, switch between monitor not working

## Power Management

Not tested.

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