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  Weird keyboard problem Michelle Steiner <michelle@michelle.org> - 2015-03-19 20:08 -0700
    Re: Weird keyboard problem Lewis <g.kreme@gmail.com.dontsendmecopies> - 2015-03-20 03:34 +0000
      Re: Weird keyboard problem Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2015-03-20 03:38 +0000
    Re: Weird keyboard problem erilar <drache@chibardun.net.invalid> - 2015-03-20 11:05 -0500
      Re: Weird keyboard problem dorayme <do_ray_me@bigpond.com> - 2015-03-21 07:06 +1100
    Re: Weird keyboard problem ErikRS <mac-dane@is.invalid> - 2015-03-20 23:34 +0100
      Re: Weird keyboard problem Your Name <YourName@YourISP.com> - 2015-03-21 13:29 +1200

#71653 — Weird keyboard problem

Earlier today, the computer stopped responding to keypresses on my
keyboard.  The Bluetooth connection did not break, and the keyboard's
battery was 100%.  The only way I was able to fix it was to reboot the
computer.

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#71654

Okay, so one time? In band camp? Michelle Steiner <michelle@michelle.org> was all, like:
> Earlier today, the computer stopped responding to keypresses on my
> keyboard.  The Bluetooth connection did not break, and the keyboard's
> battery was 100%.  The only way I was able to fix it was to reboot the
> computer.

I had the exact same thing happen on my 2009 MBP with the internal
keyboard. I finally had to close the lid and let it sleep (just closing
it was not enough) and then wake it up.

I assumed it was a flakiness in my 6 year old laptop.

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#71656

On 2015-03-20, Lewis <g.kreme@gmail.com.dontsendmecopies> wrote:
> Okay, so one time? In band camp? Michelle Steiner <michelle@michelle.org> was all, like:
>> Earlier today, the computer stopped responding to keypresses on my
>> keyboard.  The Bluetooth connection did not break, and the keyboard's
>> battery was 100%.  The only way I was able to fix it was to reboot the
>> computer.
>
> I had the exact same thing happen on my 2009 MBP with the internal
> keyboard. I finally had to close the lid and let it sleep (just closing
> it was not enough) and then wake it up.
>
> I assumed it was a flakiness in my 6 year old laptop.

A USB driver issue, no doubt.

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#71679

In article <190320152008506079%michelle@michelle.org>,
 Michelle Steiner <michelle@michelle.org> wrote:

> Earlier today, the computer stopped responding to keypresses on my
> keyboard.  The Bluetooth connection did not break, and the keyboard's
> battery was 100%.  The only way I was able to fix it was to reboot the
> computer.

Mine did that a while back.  Never figured out why.

-- 
Erilar, biblioholic medievalist

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#71692

In article <drache-581262.11053820032015@88-209-239-213.giganet.hu>,
 erilar <drache@chibardun.net.invalid> wrote:

> In article <190320152008506079%michelle@michelle.org>,
>  Michelle Steiner <michelle@michelle.org> wrote:
> 
> > Earlier today, the computer stopped responding to keypresses on my
> > keyboard.  The Bluetooth connection did not break, and the keyboard's
> > battery was 100%.  The only way I was able to fix it was to reboot the
> > computer.
> 
> Mine did that a while back.  Never figured out why.

Happens now and then, even with an attached usb keyboard, restarts 
always seem to fix. Apart from just mysterious, there is sometimes but 
not always evidence of slowdown in the text appearing, not plain 
no-show. Restart also usually fixes.

-- 
dorayme

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#71695

Michelle Steiner wrote:
> Earlier today, the computer stopped responding to keypresses on my
> keyboard.  The Bluetooth connection did not break, and the keyboard's
> battery was 100%.  The only way I was able to fix it was to reboot the
> computer.

Hm, I sometimes have this problem with my Microsoft Media PRO 3000 
keyboard on 10.5 - both on a MacPro 2,66ghz and a MDD 1,25ghz. But I can 
retain full use again just restarting Finder. So have you tried to just 
restart Finder using the mouse? - The direct function depends on which 
system you're using... If I recall right, you can hold down the mousekey 
on the Finder icon to reveal the menu from 10.7.x...

Cheers, Erik Richard

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#71706

In article <mei79p$pan$1@solani.org>, ErikRS <mac-dane@is.invalid>
wrote:
> Michelle Steiner wrote:
> > 
> > Earlier today, the computer stopped responding to keypresses on my
> > keyboard.  The Bluetooth connection did not break, and the keyboard's
> > battery was 100%.  The only way I was able to fix it was to reboot the
> > computer.
> 
> Hm, I sometimes have this problem with my Microsoft Media PRO 3000 
> keyboard on 10.5 - both on a MacPro 2,66ghz and a MDD 1,25ghz. But I can 
> retain full use again just restarting Finder. So have you tried to just 
> restart Finder using the mouse? - The direct function depends on which 
> system you're using... If I recall right, you can hold down the mousekey 
> on the Finder icon to reveal the menu from 10.7.x...

For what it's worth, in a recent-ish MacFormat magazine someone was
having issues with Bluetooth devices not being recognised when waking a
sleeping Mac. The advised solution was to restart the Bluetooth drivers
using the Terminal command:

   sudo kextunload -b 
      com.apple.iokit.BroadcomBluetoothHostControllerUSBtransport

all as one line, followed by:

   sudo kextload -b 
      com.apple.iokit.BroadcomBluetoothHostControllerUSBtransport



Those could be made clickable via the mouse by making it into an
AppleScript:

   do shell script "sudo kextunload -b 
      com.apple.iokit.BroadcomBluetoothHostControllerUSBtransport"
      with administrator privileges

   do shell script "sudo kextload -b 
      com.apple.iokit.BroadcomBluetoothHostControllerUSBtransport"
      with administrator privileges

saved as an application.

Of course, what the "expert" dimbulb in the magazine forgot is that if
Bluetooth is playing up, then the mouse may not be working (to
double-click the AppleScript application) and / or the keyboard may not
be working (to type the Terminal commands or if needed the
Administrator password).

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