Mojave Login Issues

Ok i just ruined 2 hours of my life figuring this out. I just kept getting errors saying No such file or directory... (i never use the terminal command thing).

So here is how to remove the RazerKraken Audio plugin and fix this login problem:

1) Boot into recovery mode holding down CMD+R when starting your Mac (it can take a while!)

2) select Terminal

3) In Terminal type exactly this if you haven't changed your hardrive name:

rm -R /Volumes/Macintosh\ HD/Library/Audio/Plug-Ins/HAL/RazerKraken7.1ChromaAudio.plugin

(a space between 'rm' and '-R' and again a space before /Volumes )

If u press enter and u get no messages, just a new empty line, u're succesfull and can exit recovery and boot up, log in as normal.

The tricky thing (for me at least since i'm not used to commandlines) was the \ behind Macintosh for the space in between Macintosh and HD.

The Razer plugin was also my issue. Removing it fixed it for me.

- boot into Recovery mode
- open Terminal
- mount the primary hard disk volume (http://osxdaily.com/2013/05/13/mount-unmount-drives-from-the-command-line-in-mac -os-x/)
- cd to the Plug-Ins folder per above
- remove the Razer folder and all its contents (https://stackoverflow.com/questions/2642147/how-to-remove-files-and-directories- quickly-via-terminal-bash-shell)
- restart

Yes this did it for me as well. The solution was to:

- boot into Recovery mode

- open Terminal

- mount the primary hard disk volume (http://osxdaily.com/2013/05/13/mount-unmount-drives-from-the-command-line-in-mac -os-x/)

- cd to the /Volumes/Macintosh HD/Library/Audio/Plug-Ins/HAL/ folder per above

- remove the Razer folder and all its contents (https://stackoverflow.com/questions/2642147/how-to-remove-files-and-directories- quickly-via-terminal-bash-shell)

- restart

Excellent. If ound a similar sound file in thei location /Library/Audio/Plug-Ins/HAL/

Worked for me, too. I had Synapse installed for some Razer headphones and a mouse. I couldn't manage it through Terminal so I used the Recovery Partition to create a bootable USB stick, booted into that, and then deleted the files as specified in your post. Thank you so much!!

Hello !

I don't know if this is the same issue, that one is because of some Audio Plug-Ins, after the login screen.

If your Mac is not booting at all after the update, turn it off, start it and then use "cmd+r" to boot on MacOS Recovery, then click on "Reinstall MacOs".

Okay sorry, what is the same issue you were talking about ?

I know, reinstalling MacOs was not for fixing the Plug-Ins problem because it is not erasing the files, it was a try to fix your Mac stuck on the booting screen if you've already used "S.O.S" on the Recovery Mode or anything else.

I am absolute terminal newbie and cant get it done. I write everything like this except the name of the plugin- it is „RazerKraken7.1Audio.plugin“ for me - but it doesnt work. „No such file or directory“ always appears... :-( any further tipps for noobs like me?

I am facing the same problem right after upgrading to Mojave in my early 2015 MacBook Pro. Additionally, the audio and video are also stalling and if I press the volume up button it takes me to the login screen again. Called Apple couple of times. Reinstalling OS and running on Safe Mode failed too. I have been told that Apple has escalated the problem to its technical team and I am awaiting for their solution for the last 3 weeks.

Thank you so much! This helped me too and fixed this login issue. To the people struggling to find that folder/directory on terminal, some tips:

Cd .. = will take you to the previous directory

Ls = list all directories and files in the directory you are

Cd DIRECTORY NAME = take you to the directory name you indicate

When you go there and find by the LS command the Razer plugin directory, use the command rm -r NAMEOFRAZERDIRECTORY and that’s it.

How does this work for everybody?

I type in EXACTLY the same thing in console it says no such file or directory.

Then I think I have to mount a drive from terminal which is already confusing.

And deleting the file from terminal is a whole different set of commands?

Can somebody just speak properly and more detailed into these steps because they dont make any sense!

OliverMarcus,

I'm having the same error when trying to set the boot mode to both SAFE and VERBOSE. When I try to boot in SAFE mode on Mojave 10.14, it just sits forever once it fills the progress bar with the Apple logo. Apple support was unable to diagnose, of course. Did you ever figure out how not to get the iokit error or how to invoke bootargs correctly?

Thanks,

Jeff

I was eventually able to reboot into Safe and Verbose mode and it really did take a VERY long time to get through the sequence... so it wasn't just hung, it just appeared that way having nothing but an Apple logo and progress bar to judge what was going on.

Regs,

Jeff

Hi, im a newbie to the whole terminal and commands stuff, but i have managed to find some directries, although none of them contain any razer files...
once on the terminal, i used the command: ls /Library .this will show you what the other folders in the library, and using the same command, only adding the rest of the directory, for (example: ls /library/Audio) i was able to navigate to the provided by others on this page. my nly problem is that there are no razer files there.