HP dv2660se Laptop With X3100 - Working on Leopard

[tom_m]

Leopard 10.5.1 working.

Well almost.

Things that don't work:

 

Wireless Network Card

Headphone Jacks (probably mic too)

HP Webcam

Built-in Card Reader

 

Things that do work:

Internal AND External display for X3100. (with mitro's Natit.kext)

Marvell Yukon Network card (modified kext plist)

Integraded Conexant Audio (modified kext plist)

All other major devices.

 

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So. Yes, major thing is this is another laptop with confirmed internal X3100 support.

Sorry for those who can't get it working...It frustrated me to no end for a while and I could only imagine exhausting every lead and settling on waiting. However, for those with a similar laptop here who thought the internal display doesn't work..it does. It just required a modified kext.

 

How was it done?

I followed the EFI guide with the ToH DVD, upgraded to 10.5.1, installed some modified kext files. Did some plist modifying of my own (as per instructions, but specific to my hardware).

Real quick:

 

1. Installed ToH on a GUID partition (following the EFI guide that is stickied) - of course no boot. So after following that guide setting up the EFI, it becomes bootable.

 

2. Came back to installation DVD terminal - installed postpatch.sh

 

3. Booted with params: -x -v platform=X86PC (I don't know where I picked up the platform part but it seems to work for me...but strange thing is, booting up almost seems random so it may work w/o that and it may also only boot if you specify "Graphics"="1024x768x32@60" too, I've been through them all...imagine restarting over and over and over...maybe I'm crazy but I still boot like this)

 

4. Right so the endless setup cycle...I personally overcame this by transfering a user from another Mac via firewire...most people probably don't have the luxury of owning a Mac so this may be out unless you can somehow sneak gear to an Apple store Alternatives...Install Tiger first (watch your partitions and make sure its GUID and will jive w/ the EFI guide). Load Tiger. Get a user. Install Leopard. Second alternative would be to maybe copy over a user off a USB drive, I'm not sure if it would work though. May be more involved than just copying the /Users/name/ folder.

 

5. Got network card working. Search "Yukon" on the forums here I think I was reading this: http://forum.insanelymac.com/index.php?sho...rt=#entry118887

 

6. Updated to 10.5.1 (now that there's internet)

 

7. Got mitro's Natit.kext - this entails removing an IntelIntegratedFrameBugger kext as per Paulicat's post and kext..only his Natit didn't work for me, mitro's did. I glanced at the plist files in each and noticed mitro's has the X3100 listed in there while paulicat's didn't. It only have GMA950 listed.

 

By the way - 1024x768 is what you're dealing with on your internal monitor until you can get a modified Natit.kext file. paulicat's gave me external only - any res. mitro's gave me internal and external any resolution.

 

8. Go into the DVD's terminal again because if you're in -x -v you probably aren't able to install those kext's properly...and the safe mode is restricting you from setting proper permissions. So in the terminal from the install DVD, repairing permissions doesn't hurt, but you're gonna have to chown and chmod that Natit.kext file. This is step 8 (wow coincidence) of ggavalas' instructions here: http://forum.insanelymac.com/index.php?sho...rt=#entry510810

 

Follow his and i__am..me's instructions in the EFI guide found here: http://forum.insanelymac.com/index.php?showtopic=73952

as your guides pretty much. I found a combination of both to work.

 

9. Restart - you should be good as long as you don't see any messages about kext's being installed inproperly.

 

10. Audio - I found a modified AzailaAudio to work for me....though I had to edit the plist file to include my sound card device id. Search the forums on conexant and azailaaudio etc. you should find info about it. It was similar to the network card.

 

So that's it.

 

However, I still boot with -x -v platform=X86PC... I gues -v is optional, but the point is I'm booting into safe mode. I don't know if platform=X86PC is required...but it seems to work for me...and it also seems almost random how my Leopard boots. Sometimes it gets stuck. With -v I can see where (and it varies) but most the time around the part about GFX: 0 something or another...

 

Anyone have any ideas?

I'm sitll gonna keep going through it all to see if I can figure it out, I've spent a crazy amount of time getting this all to work. Trying to remember what I did and backed up kexts and set aside good kexts, etc.

 

I hope this info helps someone else out there.

 

Looking forward to the future where installs are a bit more automatic (Tiger was definitely easier and worked for me w/o -x -v, etc.) and looking forward to the Intel Pro Wireless 3945 drivers to mature.

 

Thanks to everyone out there that helped me.

 

Fyi - the HP laptop is nice, if you're in the market for a good cost effective (as good as you can get for walking into Best Buy) and sharp looking, has nice artwork and finish - long battery life laptop. It's lower end Santa Rosa, integrated graphics (as you know by reading this), but massive 250GB hard drive (for those daring to partition for a dual boot) and great price. Not to sell HP (this is my first one, I normally put together custom machines).

 

I'm imagining as better driver support comes out and prices drop (even more) on this laptop, it won't be bad for a hackintosh.

[tom_m]

edit: correction, audio not working. was working in tiger. trying to see if i forgot something..