[Solved] kextd stall 'AppleACPICPU'

[rgw29]

I had the same problem. Then I took the AppleACPIPlatform.kext from the system library Extensions and copied it into the EFI, Clover, kext, other folder, just to see if I could get past that kextd stall. And it worked. High Sierra completely installed. I then took the AppleACPIPlatform.kext out of the Clover folder. Hope this works for you.

Thank you for the suggestion. I tried this and it didn't change anything again. I am kind of thinking about giving up at this point..

 

[rgw29]

Thank you all for your help and suggestions. What I did in the end was reinstall clover and re-download the installation and it worked just fine.

However, the installation did not convert my 960 EVO to APFS. Any ideas why?

 

[CrashMidnick]

Did you copy apfs.efi in your clover folder prior install ?

 

[rgw29]

Did you copy apfs.efi in your clover folder prior install ?

Yes I sure did.

 

[magoz90]

I resolved upgrading to HS after removing my graphic card

 

[pedroll]

This error for me was a damaged config.plst reverted to prior solve mine.

 

[sun1000]

Solved it by installing the latest Clover with default config, then edited config manually.
All custom kexts placed in Others and deleted all the rest folders in kexts.

 

[His_Tudness]

I had the same problem. Then I took the AppleACPIPlatform.kext from the system library Extensions and copied it into the EFI, Clover, kext, other folder, just to see if I could get past that kextd stall. And it worked. High Sierra completely installed. I then took the AppleACPIPlatform.kext out of the Clover folder. Hope this works for you.

How did you do this? I’m stuck on same loop and can’t get back to Sierra. I don’t have any way to boot into macOS unless I run a virtual machine (El Capitan or older) on Windows.

 

[AndreasHL]

USB-Installation-Stick: Mount "EVI"-File, look for "kext/Others": no kext inside or "FAKE-kext is missing. Search the kext-files you need in Internet an put them in the File. That's all to do.

A appleacpicpu-kext does not exist at all, the Installation works fine without. And be patient, Installation will take a while.

 

[woudje]

What fixed this error for me was adding FakeSMC.kext to the EFI/Clover/Kexts/Other folder.