Tips for installing Antergos on Dell Chromebook 13

Various scripts to simplify life in an Unix world

UEFI boot with Coreboot

Boot a first time and EFI shell appears. Type reset and restart into a live cd where you have to mount EFI partition and then:

mv BOOT/BOOTX64.efi BOOT/BOOTX64.efiOLD
cp antergos_grub/grubx64.efi BOOT/BOOTX64.efi

Replace LightDM with GdM

sudo pacman -S gdm
sudo systemctl disable lightdm && sudo systemctl enable gdm

Gnome Extensions

https://extensions.gnome.org/extension/945/cpu-power-manager/

https://extensions.gnome.org/extension/723/pixel-saver/

https://extensions.gnome.org/extension/307/dash-to-dock/

https://extensions.gnome.org/extension/1267/no-title-bar/ [before installation type this sudo pacman -S xorg-xprop]

Gnome theme

yaourt gtk-theme-minwaita

DNS

Create a file named /etc/resolv.conf.head with this content:

# OpenNIC IPv4 nameservers (Worldwide Anycast)
nameserver 185.121.177.177
nameserver 185.121.177.53

# OpenNIC IPv6 nameservers (Worldwide Anycast)
nameserver 2a05:dfc7:5::53
nameserver 2a05:dfc7:5::5353

Synaptics

        Option "VertEdgeScroll" "on"
        Option "VertTwoFingerScroll" "on"
        Option "HorizEdgeScroll" "on"
        Option "HorizTwoFingerScroll" "on"
        Option "CircularScrolling" "on"
        Option "CircScrollTrigger" "2"
        Option "EmulateTwoFingerMinZ" "40"
        Option "EmulateTwoFingerMinW" "8"
        Option "CoastingSpeed" "0"
        Option "FingerLow" "30"
        Option "FingerHigh" "50"
        Option "MaxTapTime" "125"
        Option      "VertScrollDelta"          "-111"
        Option      "HorizScrollDelta"         "-111"
        Option "ClickTime" "0"
        Option "SingleTapTimeout" "0"
        #Option "AccelFactor" "0.0400"
        #Option "MinSpeed" "0.7"
        #Option "MaxSpeed" "1.3"
        Option "FastTaps" "1"

VimRC

git clone --depth=1 https://github.com/amix/vimrc.git ~/.vim_runtime
sh ~/.vim_runtime/install_awesome_vimrc.sh

Source: https://github.com/amix/vimrc

Chromebook remap keys

Install with yaourt an useful package on AUR:

gpg --recv-keys 0661D98FC933A145
gpg --edit-key 0661D98FC933A145
yaourt xkeyboard-config-chromebook

Fix HDPi on Gnome

1. Set factor for windows scaling in Gnome

     gsettings set org.gnome.settings-daemon.plugins.xsettings overrides "[{'Gdk/WindowScalingFactor', <2>}]"
   

2. Autostart this script (put in ~/.config/autostart/ folder)

[Desktop Entry]
Name=Xrandr
Exec=/usr/bin/xrandr --output eDP1 --scale 1.25x1.25 --panning 2400x1350
Icon=system-run
Path=
Terminal=false
Type=Application
X-GNOME-Autostart-Delay=10

In alternative you can set

1. Set font scaling factor to 1.5
2. Set cursor size to 32 (with dconf-editor under org.gnome.desktop.interface)

Keyboard backlight

Follow this wiki: https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Keyboard_backlight

Fix tearing

Fix tearing due to xrandr scaling creating the file /etc/X11/xorg.conf.d/20-intel.conf with this content

Section "Device"
    Identifier "Intel Graphics"
    Driver "intel"
    Option "AccelMethod" "sna"
    Option "TearFree" "true"
EndSection