A Guide to Kalyway 10.5.1 -> 10.5.5 on Toshiba Satellite A205-S5000

[schnogg]

I know that lots of people have the Walmart Toshiba - A205-S5000 satellite. I just picked up a broken one. Its not too bad. I'm dissappointed that the volume knob turned into a digital encoder, rather than an analog adjustment. But it is kind of neat to see it "pop" the volume on bezel.

 

This is not necessarily a step-by-step. It is intended for information, thought you will be able to use this information to get a working system. I tried iDeneb 1.3 10.5.5 but i couldn't get the video going with it. I'm not really sure what I was doing wrong.

 

It has

1.83 Ghz Celeron

GL965 GMAx3100

WiFI - Atheros

Sound - Realtek ALCXXX with Mic in and Phones out

Agere v92 modem

 

 

setup log for - Toshiba A205-s5000

 

Note: this setup produced working video, audio, ethernet

 

Kalyway 10.5.1 setup, mbr bootloader, azalia_out

restored time machine backup of hamlet

only working with external monitor

 

installed Natit.kext

screen was distorted on reboot, manually deleted natit.kext

restored to external only on reboot

 

set display sleep to 1 minute [might be unnecessary]

Downloaded from here: http://x86osx.com/bbs/data/osxtips/gmax3100.pkg.zip

installed gmax3100.pkg

 

rebooted with external display disconnected

plugged in external display

 

Downloaded Kalyway 10.5.3 comboupdate from teh enternetz

 

installed kalyway 10.5.3 comboupdate and kernel update 9.3

rebooted with update -v

booted, no video

rebooted with -x to enter safe mode

installed gmax3100.pkg again to fix video

rebooted, working video all good again

copied entire extensions folder to /extdirbackup

looks like update replaced system.kext

Downloaded and installed 10.5.4 update using netkas method

 

http://wsidecar.apple.com/cgi-bin/nph-reg3...SXUpd10.5.4.dmg

http://netkas.org/?p=50

 

while sleep 1 ; do rm -rf /System/Library/Extensions/AppleIntelCPUPowerManagement.kext ; done

/System/InstallAtStartup/scripts/1 didn't exist

rebooted, working

 

Downloaded and installed 10.5.5 update using netkas method

http://wsidecar.apple.com/cgi-bin/nph-reg3...SXUpd10.5.5.dmg

http://netkas.org/?p=50

 

while sleep 1 ; do rm -rf /System/Library/Extensions/AppleIntelCPUPowerManagement.kext ; done

/System/InstallAtStartup/scripts/1 didn't contain Don't Steal Mac OS X.kext

 

Looks like appleintegratedframebuffer, system, and IPFirewall kexts were modified

 

reboot, stuck in a reboot loop.

rebooted with update, blank screen.

rebooted with -x, blank screen

rebooted with external monitor plugged in, blank screen

rebooted with update -x, external monitor plugged in, blue screen, but inoperable

rebooted with external monitor unplugged, no flags, working install, WOOT

 

rebooted just to test and it still works.

 

Note: I have not replaced any backed up kexts after any upgrades.

 

 

Then posted this log. I will update this with progress of sound input, wifi, other updates.

 

Second Update

Download drivers pack from thsi post:

http://www.modmyi.com/forums/installation/...a205-s5804.html

 

Installed the PowerManagement 10.5.3 package, but nothing else from the drivers package.

 

booted to blank screen

rebooted, still blank screen

plugged in external monitor, booted to full working setup with 2 monitors

set resolution correctly on external monitor.

note: unplugging monitor isn't detected at this point.

rebooted with external monitor plugged in - working video

 

ran software update to install the following:

airport utility

remote desktop client update

quicktime

migration and dvd/cd sharing

itunes

airport extreme update 2008-004

digital camera raw compatibility update

java for mac os x 10.5

airport extreme update 2008-004

 

rebooted blank screen, external monitor blue.

unplugged external monitor

rebooted working

used pacifist to open ideneb 1.3 disc and installed PowerManagement.pkg because it doesn't seem to realize when i'm running on mains

 

Used Pacifist to install Applications because i like the collection of apps that ideneb includes.

 

rebooted fine

 

power management still doesn't identify when i'm running on mains.

 

Ran software update to install

Front Row Update

Migration DVD/CD Sharing...

QuickTime

Remote Desktop Client Update

Security Update 2008-007

 

reboot, no video

no video if reboot with -x or update or update -x with or without external monitor plugged in.

Finally moved AppleIntelGMAX3100* out of the /System/Library/Extensions folder, then it booted with generic graphics. used kext helper to reinstall all of those kexts and bundles.

 

Still have to fix power management battery reading. the battery address in linux is BAT1 instead of BAT0, so i think that something has to be changed there.

[schnogg]

So this is an annoying issue. I'm not sure what the root problem is, or what part of the solution is fixing my problem, but here is the problem:

 

Problem: boots up with either a blue screen or a black screen and is not responsive remotely (ssh) or locally. Don't really know what the issue is. I suspect that it is the video driver, but i have no real evidence.

Solution (Bandage): I have already backed up all of my extensions, which is the most important part. I boot to single with -s, rm -Rf /System/Library/Extensions/AppleIntelGMAX3100*, reboot. Upon reboot, it loads a generic video driver. Then I use KextHelper to reinstall all 4 files that were removed from the extensions folder. When I reboot, everything is fine.

 

I'm not sure if the cache rebuild is doing the trick or of something is misconfigured with the video driver, but it is a little annoying. Anybody have any tips for this issue?

 

 

I also don't have the battery being recognized correctly. Are there preferences that I can delete or modify? I suspect that its the battery's address that is causing issues.

[Bluesharpie]

I tried installing it on my a205-s500 last year,

but had issues.

I was wondering if you figured it out?