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Pointer jumpy on MPB (Leopard) after wake from sleep...

All,

My MacBook Pro's pointer is "jumpy" when the machine returns from sleep mode. Restarting the machine does clear out the issue. Has anyone else observed this behavior?

Thanks,

Josh

2.2 Ghz MBP 4 GB RAM, Mac OS X (10.5)

Posted on Oct 30, 2007 6:09 AM

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Posted on Oct 30, 2007 7:13 AM

Once you reproduce the jumpy pointer can you open Terminal.app and run this command -

sudo dmesg <PRESS ENTER>
password: <ENTER YOUR PASSWORD>

and then copy the last 50 or so lines of output and paste it here?

Reason I ask is I had similar issue and I get a particular error when that happens - just want to verify if yours is the same case. If so we can open a problem report with Apple at http://bugreport.apple.com.
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Nov 16, 2007 12:03 AM in response to joshuaaf

Thought I had fixed it with a PRAM but after a few "wake ups" it come back.

Found it's linked to airport, if you wake up and you have jumpy mouse then try and turn off airport you will see the mouse goes nuts and then stops working.

The work around for now I have found is to turn off airport just before you shut the lid or sleep. Then when you wake it you will find mouse is fine then of course you need to switch back airport (this is working for me)

Seen this sort of thing some time ago on PowerBook when you may get jerky mouse with some airport connections, it went away after a few software updates. So I assume it will get get better.

How can we log the bug as the above link does not work for me after using my Apple ID

Nov 16, 2007 6:16 AM in response to joshuaaf

Thank you for submitting this report. Apple values your time and input. While we cannot respond to every bug, please be

assured that your report will be reviewed by the appropriate group.

Your tracking number for this issue is Bug ID# 5604787. You may check status on this report via the 'My Originated Problems'

tab, or by contacting devbugs@apple.com. When contacting us by email, please be sure to reference your Bug ID number.

Nov 16, 2007 8:35 PM in response to joshuaaf

Got an update from Apple. They're working on it:

Hello Tim,

This is a follow up to Bug ID# 5604787. After further investigation it has been determined that this is a known issue, which is currently being investigated by engineering. This issue has been filed in our bug database under the original Bug ID# 5587287. The original bug number being used to track this duplicate issue can be found in the State column, in this format: Duplicate/OrigBug#.

Nov 17, 2007 1:51 AM in response to joshuaaf

Hello,
I have exactly the same problem. With 10.5.1 out, I did a clean install of leopard and upgraded to 10.5.1 afterwards. The problem still exists.

I can confirm the fact that switching AirPort on/off has impact on how badly the pointer jumps / freezes. With AirPort off it is worse than with AirPort enabled.

Let's hope that the abovementioned bugs will be resolved soon, as hibernation is one of the best time / energy-savers for the MacBooks in everyday use.

Nov 18, 2007 12:48 AM in response to enzomaximo

Upgraded to 10.5.1 yesterday, and just woke the macbook pro up from sleep with the same problem.

Different symptom this time, the bluetooth icon in the top bar says 'Bluetooth: not available'. The console reads:

18/11/07 7:38:23 PM kernel sleep
18/11/07 7:38:23 PM kernel System Wake
18/11/07 7:38:24 PM configd[21] setting hostname to "MacBookPro.optusnet.com.au"
18/11/07 7:38:29 PM kernel AppleYukon2: 00000000,00000000 sk98osx_dnet - recovering from missed interrupt
18/11/07 7:38:29 PM ntpd[32] sendto(17.83.254.7) (fd=23): Network is unreachable
18/11/07 7:38:35 PM kernel AppleYukon2: 00000000,00000000 sk98osx_dnet - recovering from missed interrupt

But same jumpy mouse/trackpad....

Nov 18, 2007 3:53 PM in response to D1G1T4L

I too am having the same problem with 10.5.1, MBP 2.2Ghz. Here's some output from my Terminal app if it's helpful:

g from missed interrupt
AppleYukon2: 00000000,00000000 sk98osx_dnet - recovering from missed interrupt
hibernate image path: /var/vm/sleepimage
sizeof(IOHibernateImageHeader) == 512
Opened file /var/vm/sleepimage, size 2147483648, partition base 0xc805000, maxio 400000
hibernate image major 14, minor 2, blocksize 512, pollers 4
hibernate allocpages flags 00000000, gobbling 0 pages
11D beacon causing regdomain change to CC 840
en1: 802.11d country code set to 'US'.
en1: Supported channels 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 36 40 44 48 52 56 60 64 149 153 157 161 165
0 [Time 1195420813] [Message System SafeSleep
hibernate page_listsetall start
hibernate page_listsetall time: 273 ms
pages 315041, wire 118211, act 113943, inact 3, zf 0, throt 1881, could discard act 54953 inact 15940 purgeable 10110
hibernate page_listsetall found pageCount 234038
IOHibernatePollerOpen, ml get_interruptsenabled 0
IOHibernatePollerOpen(0)
writing 233644 pages
image1Size 350524416
all time: 11780 ms, comp time: 4295 ms, deco time: 0 ms,
image 563620864, uncompressed 957005824 (233644), compressed 560946892 (58%), sum1 8fb55971, sum2 9c92c73b
hibernate writeimage done(0)
sleep
System Wake
AppleYukon2: 00000000,00000000 sk98osx_dnet - recovering from missed interrupt
AppleYukon2: 00000000,00000000 sk98osx_dnet - recovering from missed interrupt
hibernate image path: /var/vm/sleepimage
sizeof(IOHibernateImageHeader) == 512
Opened file /var/vm/sleepimage, size 2147483648, partition base 0xc805000, maxio 400000
hibernate image major 14, minor 2, blocksize 512, pollers 4
hibernate allocpages flags 00000000, gobbling 0 pages
11D beacon causing regdomain change to CC 840
en1: 802.11d country code set to 'US'.
en1: Supported channels 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 36 40 44 48 52 56 60 64 149 153 157 161 165
0 [Time 1195426092] [Message System SafeSleep
hibernate page_listsetall start
hibernate page_listsetall time: 272 ms
pages 314841, wire 119576, act 112130, inact 2, zf 0, throt 1879, could discard act 54963 inact 16023 purgeable 10268
hibernate page_listsetall found pageCount 233587
IOHibernatePollerOpen, ml get_interruptsenabled 0
IOHibernatePollerOpen(0)
writing 233109 pages
image1Size 352224256
all time: 12026 ms, comp time: 4285 ms, deco time: 0 ms,
image 562216960, uncompressed 954814464 (233109), compressed 559198280 (58%), sum1 b885fd41, sum2 277841b5
hibernate writeimage done(0)
sleep
System Wake
AppleYukon2: 00000000,00000000 sk98osx_dnet - recovering from missed interrupt
AppleYukon2: 00000000,00000000 sk98osx_dnet - recovering from missed interrupt
hibernate image path: /var/vm/sleepimage
sizeof(IOHibernateImageHeader) == 512
Opened file /var/vm/sleepimage, size 2147483648, partition base 0xc805000, maxio 400000
hibernate image major 14, minor 2, blocksize 512, pollers 4
hibernate allocpages flags 00000000, gobbling 0 pages
11D beacon causing regdomain change to CC 840
en1: 802.11d country code set to 'US'.
en1: Supported channels 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 36 40 44 48 52 56 60 64 149 153 157 161 165
0 [Time 1195427167] [Message System SafeSleep
hibernate page_listsetall start
hibernate page_listsetall time: 272 ms
pages 314647, wire 119298, act 111248, inact 3, zf 0, throt 1876, could discard act 54987 inact 16060 purgeable 11175
hibernate page_listsetall found pageCount 232425
IOHibernatePollerOpen, ml get_interruptsenabled 0
IOHibernatePollerOpen(0)
writing 231966 pages
image1Size 351942656
all time: 11744 ms, comp time: 4271 ms, deco time: 0 ms,
image 560787968, uncompressed 950132736 (231966), compressed 557852264 (58%), sum1 d5d9fbdf, sum2 ced7047e
hibernate writeimage done(0)
sleep
System Wake
AppleYukon2: 00000000,00000000 sk98osx_dnet - recovering from missed interrupt
AppleYukon2: 00000000,00000000 sk98osx_dnet - recovering from missed interrupt
ath ampdu_txrelease,remove node from queue 0x0x34929004 macaddr 00:1b:63:2c:cf:99
11D beacon causing regdomain change to CC 840
en1: 802.11d country code set to 'US'.
en1: Supported channels 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 36 40 44 48 52 56 60 64 149 153 157 161 165

Nov 20, 2007 7:59 PM in response to joshuaaf

I'm having this problem as well. About 1 in 5 wake-ups, I get a black screen, eventually when the computer wakes up (~2 min) the trackpad will be all jumpy and animations are not smooth.

I was having this problem before leopard (I did a fresh install of leopard) and I have also got a few kernel panics. I tried the whole turn off airport before sleep and at first I thought it worked but after a few times it happened again with airport off.

I was wondering if this is thought to be a software problem or is this a hardware problem? I need my computer for school right now, but I'm wondering if I should bring it in over the holiday break.

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