10.6.3 trackpad & Keyboard Hanging

surferfromuk · Mar 30, 2010, 01:22 PM

Since installing 10.6.3 my trackpad (i.e mouse pointer) and keyboard are hanging up for 10 seconds at a time every couple of minutes.

It's seriously annoying - this happening to anyone else?

smogsy · Mar 30, 2010, 01:46 PM

not on my macbook 2007 model nope

Vonswanko · Mar 30, 2010, 02:11 PM

Same has been happening to me. 2009 13in MBP I have run Onyx, and repaired permissions. Still the same. Very intermittent, and very annoying.

surferfromuk · 10:08 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Vonswanko

Same has been happening to me. 2009 13in MBP I have run Onyx, and repaired permissions. Still the same. Very intermittent, and very annoying.

If it helps I just binned all the PACE support stuff and I haven't had it since.

Strike that - it's still happening.

Vonswanko · Mar 30, 2010, 03:07 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by surferfromuk

If it helps I just binned all the PACE support stuff and I haven't had it since.

Not really sure what that means, but I am willing to try it out. I reset my PRAM and I think that may have helped.

macjonnny · Mar 30, 2010, 05:42 PM

Same thing happening to me too. MBP late 2008. Unresponsive keyboard and trackpad for 10-15 secs or so. Have never had this problem before 10.6.3. I have tried resetting PRAM and that didn't help. I just reset my SMC, so we'll see if that holds.

I was working most of the day just fine with an external keyboard and mouse. Then as soon as I started using it at home, consistent lockups. Amazingly, it hasn't done it all since I started typing this, so maybe it was the SMC.

Nope, just happened as I typed that last line. If anyone has any other suggestions, please reply.

benthewraith · Mar 30, 2010, 08:25 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by macjonnny

Same thing happening to me too. MBP late 2008. Unresponsive keyboard and trackpad for 10-15 secs or so. Have never had this problem before 10.6.3. I have tried resetting PRAM and that didn't help. I just reset my SMC, so we'll see if that holds.

I was working most of the day just fine with an external keyboard and mouse. Then as soon as I started using it at home, consistent lockups. Amazingly, it hasn't done it all since I started typing this, so maybe it was the SMC.

Nope, just happened as I typed that last line. If anyone has any other suggestions, please reply.

I have this problem. It mostly only happens when the computer is left to sit idle for awhile. Then the bug resolves itself. Still quite annoying. This happened only once under 10.6.2. Needless to say, I have an appointment with the Genius Bar tomorrow for two unrelated issues, and will bring the issue up with them tomorrow.

cleric · Mar 31, 2010, 01:55 AM

Having this issue on my early 09' mini started immedately after upgrading to 10.6.3

duffy666 · Mar 31, 2010, 07:51 AM

Same thing here on a MBP June 2008.

funkytastic3 · Mar 31, 2010, 09:36 AM

same problem - very, very irritating

Signal-11 · Mar 31, 2010, 10:07 AM

Been happening since I updated to 10.6.3 on an early 2008 MBP. Just the trackpad. Keyboard responds fine. Seems completely random and i can't find the trigger. Driving me nuts.

mac donalds · 10:42 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by surferfromuk

Since installing 10.6.3 my trackpad (i.e mouse pointer) and keyboard are hanging up for 10 seconds at a time every couple of minutes.

It's seriously annoying - this happening to anyone else?

I´m having exactly the same problems with my late 2008 MB Pro.
The Trackpad seems to "freeze" for 5-10 seconds.! It happens randomly, sometimes 1 times per hour, somethimes 2 times per minute

.

It happend the first time only minutes after the update to 10.6.3

... the mouse isn`t affected so far ...

apple needs to patch that ASAP

I found another thread about this problem:

http://discussions.apple.com/thread....art=0&tstart=0

Signal-11 · Mar 31, 2010, 11:23 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by mac donalds

I found another thread about this problem:

http://discussions.apple.com/thread....art=0&tstart=0

I've been keeping up with that thread - nothing on it seems to be helping, either.

The randomness is driving me crazy. I'm not even close to being able to isolate this - nothing seems out of the ordinary, no console messages, no spikes in activity, nothing. Just random malfunctions.

Anyone else using Steermouse?

mac donalds · Mar 31, 2010, 01:09 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Signal-11

Anyone else using Steermouse?

nope, I don`t.

I´m getting insane.

Signal-11 · Mar 31, 2010, 01:16 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by surferfromuk

If it helps I just binned all the PACE support stuff and I haven't had it since.

Can you give a description of how you did this, please?

Trying to resolve this trackpad issue has been taking up all of my time.

funwithamar · Mar 31, 2010, 02:56 PM

try onyx .. and do all the maintenance work .. should help

Signal-11 · Mar 31, 2010, 03:02 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by funwithamar

try onyx .. and do all the maintenance work .. should help

Way ahead of you. Didn't help.

Beaverfish · Mar 31, 2010, 05:16 PM

I too have this issue on my late 2008 MBP I have my dock to automatically hide. And it doest pop up anymore. Things were working fine earlier. Now i can't seem to do anything. I'm really pissed off. I think I'm gonna have to reinstall 10.6 :-(

Signal-11 · Mar 31, 2010, 05:44 PM

This shouldn't matter but....

How many of you on the early 2008 MBPs were using the multitouch kext hack on 10.5?

Console errors (as brought up on the Apple support forums):

Code:

30/03/10 16:12:48	kernel AppleUSBMultitouchDriver::validateChecksum 
- 18-byte packet checksum is incorrect 
(expected 0x3af, checksum bytes were 0xb5e)

How many of you applied the applied the combo update?

Driving me nuts....

Vonswanko · Mar 31, 2010, 07:45 PM

Well its not really a fix as much as a work around, but I am using JItouch, and has cured my issues. Lets see if Apple gets something working soon.

JITouch link here

88888888 · Mar 31, 2010, 08:58 PM

Same here.. wtf it's gettting really annoying.
I'm early 2008 MBP.
i didnt use the hack.

Beaverfish · Apr 1, 2010, 04:04 AM

Has anyone tried an erase and install of snow leoprad. My MBP is pretty much unusable at the mo :-(

mac donalds · Apr 1, 2010, 06:42 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Beaverfish

Has anyone tried an erase and install of snow leoprad. My MBP is pretty much unusable at the mo :-(

some people in the other thread did that and it fixed the problem.

Has somebody informed apple about this??? They need to fix this mess! I need to work with that machine.

I`m going to email apple now.

hmadacompaq · Apr 1, 2010, 07:29 AM

i have this problem also
when h press reject it show me message shutdown and sleep and restart

i think i have to format or downgrade sno

Beaverfish · Apr 1, 2010, 07:51 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by mac donalds

some people in the other thread did that and it fixed the problem.

Has somebody informed apple about this??? They need to fix this mess! I need to work with that machine.

I`m going to email apple now.

Can you please post your email and any responses you get from apple?

Mar 30, 2010, 01:22 PM	#1
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Mar 30, 2010, 02:11 PM	#3
Vonswanko macrumors regular Join Date: Oct 2008	Same has been happening to me. 2009 13in MBP I have run Onyx, and repaired permissions. Still the same. Very intermittent, and very annoying. __________________ www.pimpvilleapps.com www.funkyspacemonkey.com
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cleric macrumors 6502a Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: Minneapolis, MN	Having this issue on my early 09' mini started immedately after upgrading to 10.6.3 __________________ MacBook Air Rev D. 1.86ghz 4gb Ram 128gb SSD iPhone 4 16gb
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Mar 31, 2010, 05:16 PM	#18
Beaverfish macrumors regular Join Date: Dec 2008	I too have this issue on my late 2008 MBP I have my dock to automatically hide. And it doest pop up anymore. Things were working fine earlier. Now i can't seem to do anything. I'm really pissed off. I think I'm gonna have to reinstall 10.6 :-( __________________ 2011 i7 HR Macbook Pro 2.2 Ghz iPhone 4 32GB 11" MacBook Air
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Mar 30, 2010, 05:42 PM	#6
macjonnny macrumors newbie Join Date: Mar 2010	Same thing happening to me too. MBP late 2008. Unresponsive keyboard and trackpad for 10-15 secs or so. Have never had this problem before 10.6.3. I have tried resetting PRAM and that didn't help. I just reset my SMC, so we'll see if that holds. I was working most of the day just fine with an external keyboard and mouse. Then as soon as I started using it at home, consistent lockups. Amazingly, it hasn't done it all since I started typing this, so maybe it was the SMC. Nope, just happened as I typed that last line. If anyone has any other suggestions, please reply.
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Mar 31, 2010, 07:51 AM	#9
duffy666 macrumors newbie Join Date: Mar 2010	Same thing here on a MBP June 2008.
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Mar 31, 2010, 09:36 AM	#10
funkytastic3 macrumors newbie Join Date: Aug 2008	same problem - very, very irritating
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Mar 31, 2010, 10:07 AM	#11
Signal-11 macrumors 65816 Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: 2nd Star to the Right	Been happening since I updated to 10.6.3 on an early 2008 MBP. Just the trackpad. Keyboard responds fine. Seems completely random and i can't find the trigger. Driving me nuts.
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Mar 31, 2010, 02:56 PM	#16
funwithamar macrumors regular Join Date: Dec 2008	try onyx .. and do all the maintenance work .. should help
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Mar 31, 2010, 05:44 PM	#19
Signal-11 macrumors 65816 Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: 2nd Star to the Right	This shouldn't matter but.... How many of you on the early 2008 MBPs were using the multitouch kext hack on 10.5? Console errors (as brought up on the Apple support forums): Code: 30/03/10 16:12:48 kernel AppleUSBMultitouchDriver::validateChecksum - 18-byte packet checksum is incorrect (expected 0x3af, checksum bytes were 0xb5e) How many of you applied the applied the combo update? Driving me nuts....
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Mar 31, 2010, 07:45 PM	#20
Vonswanko macrumors regular Join Date: Oct 2008	Well its not really a fix as much as a work around, but I am using JItouch, and has cured my issues. Lets see if Apple gets something working soon. JITouch link here __________________ www.pimpvilleapps.com www.funkyspacemonkey.com
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Mar 31, 2010, 08:58 PM	#21
88888888 macrumors 6502 Join Date: May 2008	Same here.. wtf it's gettting really annoying. I'm early 2008 MBP. i didnt use the hack. __________________ Flickr
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Apr 1, 2010, 04:04 AM	#22
Beaverfish macrumors regular Join Date: Dec 2008	Has anyone tried an erase and install of snow leoprad. My MBP is pretty much unusable at the mo :-( __________________ 2011 i7 HR Macbook Pro 2.2 Ghz iPhone 4 32GB 11" MacBook Air
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Apr 1, 2010, 07:29 AM	#24
hmadacompaq macrumors newbie Join Date: Mar 2010	i have this problem also when h press reject it show me message shutdown and sleep and restart i think i have to format or downgrade sno
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