Instructions for write-protection screw access: http://ausdroid.net/2015/03/12/chromebook-engineer-shows-of-the-pixel-2-innards-and-speaks-about-the-internals/ Part 1: https://gist.github.com/bendavis78/827089ff8f2a8d8975ee At Grub boot selection screen, TAB and append video=800x600 to get legible text size. ChromeOS From off: ESC + F3 + Power. CTRL+D then ENTER to get Dev mode. Browser CTRL+T, "shell": sudo crossystem dev_boot_usb=1 dev_boot_legacy=1 DON'T DO THIS. For dual-boot only (does not support btrfs): [Reboot to Dev (CTRL+D) CTRL+ALT+F2 chronos / sudo stop ui chronos / cd / curl -L -O http://goo.gl/9sgchs # Verify downloaded. Unreliable site. sudo bash 9sgchs ] Reboot on USB. At dev-mode splash, CTRL+L to get SeaBIOS. Install samus4 Kernel AS NON-ROOT: yaourt* -S linux-samus4 docs https://github.com/raphael/linux-samus +X: xf86-input-synaptics Then write "/etc/X11/xorg.conf.d/25-touchpad.conf" j from contents on web page.