Official Toshiba L305-S5955 Leopard Installation Guide

00010 · #1 03-25-2010, 06:52 PM

After a while I have found all the perfect kext files to get the Toshiba L305-S5955 working perfectly in Leopard, I have compiled this kextpack from my many hours of testing and trial and error, I have have had alot of issues getting it to work in Snow Leopard correctly, so now I suggest installing Leopard for the best results.

I am also looking for a solution for the lack of Quartz Extreme in the graphics kext I have found. If you know anything about how we may get this working let me know.

Things needed for the installation of Leopard 10.5.7:

1. A Toshiba L305-S5955.

2. iAtkos v7 DVD.

3. My L305 Kextpack.

My Kextpack: http://www.mediafire.com/file/xnuyykmnntm/00010-Toshiba L305 Kext Pack v2.0.zip

(This Kextpack is made to be universal for Leopard and Snow Leopard, Some items may not be required)

The OSx86 Tool :http://pcwizcomputer.com/index.php?o...d=91&Itemid=48

So basically you start up the L305 and hit the F12 key at the BIOS bootsplash, Then you insert your iAtkos DVD into the drive wait a bit and select the option to boot from DVD/CD drive and iAtkos will start booting, Just let the Darwin bootloader count down it will boot just fine without any options of boot flags. Once at the main screen for the installation follow the onscreen instructions and open up disk utility and select the hard drive you wish to install on ( not a partition mind you) but the hard disk icon, The click the partition tab and select the number of partitions, click on "Options" and select "GUID Partition Map" and hit "OK" then afterwards name the disk and select "Mac OS Extended Journaled" as your format, and hit the "Apply" button, then it will ask you if you are sure hit "OK", After that has finished continue with the install, and hit the "Customize" button and select the following:

1. Select the USB Fix by Slice, The title is just "USB" though.

2. Select the Voodoo 9.7.0 Kernel, But the Vanilla kernel works fine as-well.

3. Select Voodoo PS2 with trackpad support.

4. Select Voodoo HDA.

5. Select the NTFS 3G kext.

6. Select the Laptop Battery option (VoodooBattery By SuperHai).

Do not select any other kext files, however there are kexts for the LAN and WIFI on the DVD, THEY DO NOT WORK FOR THE L305-S5955!

And after that continue with the installation it will last Aprox. 30 Mins, then once its over you will reboot and create an account and what not, please note that the screen resolution will be low until we install the video kext later. Now unzip the Kextpack to a freshly formatted NTFS thumbdrive, And also copy the "OSX86 Tools" Utility to the thumbdrive, Then plug in the USB drive to the L305, copy the "OSx86 Tools Utility" to your "Utilities" folder and use it to install the "RTL8187Bl.kext" thats on the USB drive, and then copy the "Realtek WiFi Utility" to the "Utilities folder as-well, Also install the Realtek LAN package, Then as for the graphics use "OSX86 Tools" to install the patched GMAx3100 kext files, don't forget to repair your permissions and restart.

Please note that you can only use the Realtek WiFi Utility to connect to you WiFi network, It WILL NOT show up on the menubar as Airport. <----As a side note I am looking for someone to fix this problem, if you know how to change the settings in the kext file, let me know....

Also do not try updating your system via Apple software update, Instead use the iDeneb 10.5.8 update package.

And thats it..... Enjoy....

Thanks.... questions and comments are most appreciated...

00010

untypoed · #2 04-13-2010, 09:53 PM

Thank you! I meant to post this sooner.. as in LAST WEEK. It really helped me.. and by helping me I mean you gave me everything I needed to know. I attempted Hackintosh several months ago but I failed. If you look up "S5955 Hackintosh" you may find that there is an old thread responded by idiots who claimed that Hackintosh was not going to work. They were wrong.

I also want to say that the GMA X4500 Intel graphics kext you gave does not work. Here is what I did which I got from http://www.insanelymac.com/forum/ind...owtopic=173338 btw..

Code:

Once you know your device ID, download the script attached to this post, then follow these steps:
Start a terminal
type sudo -s and enter your user password
drag the script from the location you downloaded it from to the terminal
at the end of the line, add following options: -rf *your device ID* (it should look something like /Users/username/Downloads/patchX4500.bash -rf 2A42
Press enter. The command will give you some output for feedback.
Once you executed the script, repair permissions using disk utility (in Applications/Utilities, click on your primary harddrive, and on the first aid tab click on repair permissions.) This might take a while, but will make sure that your driver can be loaded.
Reboot and (hopefully) enjoy native resolution

To download the batch is on the website.. It won't attach here.

00010 · #3 04-13-2010, 11:13 PM

Thank you as-well, I am aware of the video not working sometimes, it works, then on reboot might not work. Thank you for your feedback, I might use my L305 for OSX86 again once (or if) Quartz Extreme is enabled for that video card. Because as of now, I have stopped development on the L305 after I got everything working, but was unhappy with just native resolution.

00010

untypoed · #4 04-14-2010, 09:57 PM

I would like to say, I am having an issue with Itunes. The coverflow isn't showing, and so is the visualizer. Did you have this problem? Coverflow is working on Finder, btw.. just not itunes.

00010 · #5 04-14-2010, 11:53 PM

Unfortunately, yes I did have the same problems...... Also any 3D game is not working, I could watch video fine if I upped the refresh rate in the boot.plist file.

00010

untypoed · #6 04-26-2010, 12:21 AM

You should add that in customization, we should select "Laptop battery". I forgot where it's at, unfortunately, but it's in Customize. It gives me a laptop battery icon on the menubar and it allows me to monitor my battery life. I just reinstalled Hackintosh after messing around trying to get the battery icon to show, I screwed up. Nice to know that I found that all along, it was in Customize. Haha. Now my laptop won't just die suddenly at Cup of Joe.

untypoed · #7 04-29-2010, 06:12 AM

On the installation I have, there is no Vanilla. Only Voodoo.. so that is what I'm using. I would really like Vanilla. How do I go by getting that on osxtools?

polimerizar · #8 05-11-2010, 08:36 AM

Hi everybody!

Its 2:00 AM in my country and I've just finished installing and configuring everything as explained here. Started to download yesterday in the morning and I didn't stopped until now xD

Many thanks to 00010! It is not the exact model of your Toshiba, however it's maybe cousin (but it's always from the family, isn't it? :P ) Actually my laptop is a Toshiba L305-SP6934R but everything worked fine here :D

Thanks again for posting this and I hope this can help some other people, just like me ;P

Can I ask a few questions? (hope yes)
-Is it safe to update the Mac software? I mean, I really like the Leopard as it is, but I'm scared that if I update everything goes wrong :(
-Any other updates for L305 model that you have heard? If I find anything by my side, you can be sure that I'll post it :)
Now I know there is some other people who have the same model of Toshiba and is willing to help, so I must reward the hard effort in some way ;)

For the third time, thank you!
Cheers :D

untypoed · #9 05-12-2010, 10:24 AM

What I found for me, even with the Vanilla kernel, updating will still not worked. In fact, don't try it at all. You would have to reinstall.

I don't know how to answer the second question. :| I do hear there's a group that was working on a way to bring qe to GMA x4500..

polimerizar · #10 05-12-2010, 06:04 PM

Well, thanks for the advice, but I did the update and reinstalled the drivers. I had to do that many times until all the drivers finally worked after the update.

However, there were some options that I lost, like the USB recognition of my pendrives or USB disks.

So, I decided to reinstall everything and now I have tri-boot in my Laptop:
-Windows Seven
-Windows XP
-Leo, my dear Leo (:

xD