Mojave Login Issues

In my case, the error was caused by a Razer Plugin.

Boot into recovery mode (Cmd + R while booting), then start a terminal (menubar->utilities as far as i remember), go to /Volumes/Macintosh HD/Library/Audio/Plug-Ins/HAL/ and remove every Razer Plugin.

(Thanks to Betus at MacRumors)

I have razer headphones as well but can't access the directory. Plz help.

what commands do you use to open a directory in terminal?

rmpb because hat is my hd name..

on first line it says it is a directory, but I have problems accessing it and browsing it, to delete the razer files

I figured I can still login from ssh, so I checked for the log. If I followed the timing of the crash correctly, this here might be related to what's going on:

Sep 25 00:27:55 thalia com.apple.xpc.launchd[1] (com.apple.audio.coreaudiod[3126]): Binary is improperly signed. Sep 25 00:27:55 thalia com.apple.xpc.launchd[1] (com.apple.audio.coreaudiod): Service only ran for 0 seconds. Pushing respawn out by 10 seconds. Sep 25 00:27:55 thalia com.apple.xpc.launchd[1] (com.apple.imfoundation.IMRemoteURLConnectionAgent): Unknown key for integer: _DirtyJetsamMemoryLimit Sep 25 00:27:56 thalia com.apple.xpc.launchd[1] (com.apple.AddressBook.abd): Service only ran for 3 seconds. Pushing respawn out by 7 seconds. Sep 25 00:27:57 thalia com.apple.xpc.launchd[1] (com.apple.loginwindow[2789]): Binary is improperly signed.

Could it be that something is off with some new security feature?

By the way, the instructions to activate safe mode via sudo nvram boot-args="-x -v" in ssh on https://support.apple.com/sl-si/HT201262 don't work...that gives (iokit/common) not permitted (and using the shift key never worked on my setup).

This issue sounds very complicated, and there's not much we can recommend that they won't. At this point, the only thing you can do in the meantime is assure that you have a backup of your device–if possible. That may be complicated given that you're being repeatedly logged out.

Same problem on a Mac Pro 2012 (with a fancy graphics card and other upgrades, obviously).

For additional information: The time from login to crash seems non-deterministic. Oftentimes, the desktop and last-used programs load just fine and then the machine crashes. At other times, the crash is immediate.

I have the same issue with iMac 27' late 2015.

Spoke to apple support who escalated. Reinstalled a previous backup of high Sierra. Running OK now but am holding off installing Mojave.

4 Ghz i7, AMD r9 M395X 4095 MB, 32 GB 2133 MH DDR3. Ram is aftermarket.

I have a similar problem, login details are accepted, progress bar appears and then at 75% the background changes to display the apple logo and the login process completes (i.e. the final 25% of the bar fills). Normal desktop appears at this point, same result with both light and dark themes.

Praise be to the Spirit of Jobs...it seems I fixed it.

On examination of the output of dmesg (via ssh) right after the crash I saw the line

Library Validation failed: Rejecting '/Library/Audio/Plug-Ins/HAL/SoundBunny.plugin/Contents/MacOS/SoundBunny' (Team ID: none, platform: no) for process 'callservicesd(1931)' (Team ID: none, platform: yes), reason: mapped file has no Team ID and is not a platform binary (signed with custom identity or adhoc?)

So I removed this by saying, again via ssh

sudo mv /Library/Audio/Plug-Ins/HAL/SoundBunny.plugin/ ~

and that seems to have fixed it.

My best guess is that coreaudio trying to load SoundBunny finds it improperly signed, which crashes CoreAudio (instead of simply not loading the module, which would be the correct behavior), which in turn crashes the entire login session. Not good.

I suspect that might happen with other libraries, too, so if you don't have SoundBunny, try examining the output of dmesg for the "Library Validation failed" line.

I updated macbook pro 2017, Macbook Air early 2014 And iMac 2017

The iMac has this problem with constant logout.

Does this say anything to anyone?

dmesg:

kTCCServiceSystemPolicyAllFiles satisifed from cache for pid 1206: not approvedStarting poll type 4

Restarting poll type 4

Command 0x1100 completed. inCount: 2 data:0x0Failed to read key . rc:0x84

Failed to read key . rc:0x84

Failed to read key . rc:0x84

Failed to read key . rc:0x84

Failed to read key . rc:0x84

Command 0x1200 completed. inCount: 2 data:0x0Failed to read key . rc:0x84

Failed to read key . rc:0x84

bfseventsd [1206]sb_user_approval: pid 1150 responsible for 1206sb_user_approval: kTCCServiceSystemPolicyAllFiles satisifed from cache for pid 1206: not approvedsb_user_approval: kTCCServiceSystemPolicyAllFiles for dbfseventsd [1206]sb_user_approval: pid 1150 responsible for 1206sb_user_approval: kTCCServiceSystemPolicyAllFiles satisifed from cache for pid 1206: not approvedsb_user_approval: kTCCServiceSystemPolicyAllFiles for dbfseventsd [1206]sb_user_approval: pid 1150 responsible for 1206sb_user_approval: kTCCServiceSystemPolicyAllFiles satisifed from cache for pid 1206: not approvedsb_user_approval: kTCCServiceSystemPolicyAllFiles for dbfseventsd [1206]sb_user_approval: pid 1150 responsible for 1206sb_user_approval: kTCCServiceSystemPolicyAllFiles satisifed from cache for pid 1206: not approvedsb_user_approval: kTCCServiceSystemPolicyAllFiles for dbfseventsd [1206]sb_user_approval: pid 1150 responsible for 1206sb_user_approval: kTCCServiceSystemPolicyAllFiles satisifed from cache for pid 1206: not approvedsb_user_approval: kTCCServiceSystemPolicyAllFiles for mds

I have those fail to read key rc:0x84 lines too....

and alot of "failed to look up target storage class" 2syscall_extension_issue failed

all Greek to me...

and instant log outs and mouse returns to upper left corner every time

gonna go go get a older OS installed at a local shop for 40 bucks... thanks apple..

Do you know if there is a way to access the terminal outside of safe boot or regular boot? I have Razer drivers so that must be the problem, but I keep getting logged out after 5 seconds so I am unable to do anything in the OS.

have a similar problem, login details are accepted, progress bar appears and then at 75% the background changes to display the apple logo and the login process completes (i.e. the final 25% of the bar fills). Normal desktop appears at this point, same result with both light and dark themes.

I though I was the only one that have this issue but how to fix it ? oh, and after updated I realize that speaker doesn't work. than after I restart the computer it's back to work like normal. seem like MacOS Mojave have a lot of issues here.