MacBook keyboard stopped working

I know this may seem like a dumb question but when I ran the script in terminal it produced the following:

Last login: Sat Aug 4 08:14:08 on console

unknown0021e9e32258:~ kevin$ kextstat -kl | awk ' !/apple/ { print $6 } '

com.vmware.kext.vmx86

com.vmware.kext.vmci

com.vmware.kext.vmioplug

com.vmware.kext.vmnet

com.sophos.kext.sav

unknown0021e9e32258:~ kevin$

Now that I have this information, how do I go about deleting these files to hopefully solve my issue.

My issue is very similar to everyone elses here, after leaving my keyboard and trackpad stationary for a minute of two, it becomes nonresponsive. If I then close the lid and let the mac go into sleep mode for just a second and reopen the lid it begins to work again. This has been a very consistent fix the an annoying problem. The apple ppl say that its a harddrive issue but I beg to differ. Please let me know how I can go about deleting these files.

Thanks in advance.

Kevin

None of this worked for me. It turned out to be a hardware issue - the MacBook wasn't able to detect the keyboard due to a copper wire under the battery sticking out. Take out the battery and push the copper strip down. Here's a more detailed explanation with a picture:

https://discussions.apple.com/thread/1365569?threadID=1365569

If it's a white macbook it probably is not a software problem. The battery is probably swollen (which is a common problem with these models apparently) and putting pressure on the keyboard and trackpad causing them not to work. I had this same problem on my 2008 white macbook. For me it started where the mouse cursor would go haywire and I could click by gently touching anywhere on the bottom part of the laptop.

I would highly recomend getting a new battery, which is what I will be doing when I get enough dough. I am currently using a usb keyboard and mouse.

i was confused for a bit about this. i came upon your suggestion and it worked! thanks so much (a year later ;-)

Hi, The keyboard for my imac suddenly not working for four keys - 7, J, U, M. I unplugged the UBS and plugged into another UBS connector, it worked. But it didn't take too long before the same problem happened again. Now I plugged the keyboard to a macbook. It has the same problem. Does it mean the keyboard has to be replaced? It used only one year. Is there anyway to fix it?

Thank you.

This solved my problem. Thanks!

Had accidentally pressed the option key too many times. If this happens to you, also make sure to turn off the keyboard shortcut (5 times option key).

This can be done in Preferences under Accessibility > Options . Here turn off the 'press the option key five times to toggle Mouse Keys' setting.

It's looking like my MBP Retina is going to get a visit to the apple monkeys at the store, because even after reinstalling the OS I'm still having this problem. It's a major productivity limiter, since I can't use the machine without its keyboard working, and constantly rebooting the machine isn't acceptable, particularly when it might work again for 3 days or for 10 minutes before the keyboard stops working (again).

So much for "it just works" I suppose.

This is the worst experience I have ever had with a computer in over 20 years, so I think this piece of junk is going to be my last mac ever. The machines are just not reliable, and apple's customer service is crap.

I have a OS X too. My keys didn't work, but now it works!

What I Did:

1, Click on System Preferences.

2, Click on Accessibility. (It should be on the 4th row)

3, Click on Mouse & Trackpad.

4, If your "Enable Mouse Keys" is ticked, then tick it off.

5, Hope it goes well!

YOU WIN THE INTERWEBS!

I have been a Mac user since 1989, have even showed people in the past how to use Mouse Keys.

But I COMPLETELY forgot that sys pref was there, and have been somehow inadvertently hitting the option key 5x and turning the regular keyboard off, and driving myself crazy having to to restart to get my keyboard back!

/Bows 5x in your direction!

you just helped me alot, thanks!

Thanks, Governa, for all your kind attempts to help!

The second link of the three cnet links worked.... I unchecked every keyboard shortcut and !voila! problem fixed.

As someone else said, unfortunately I cannot use my keyboard shortcuts. . .. but yeah!

This is a start. I will keep exploring the original cause. I am pretty certain, I am at fault by pressing the keyboard against my arm or some such and unsuspectingly pressing a combo that turned things off. I knew the keyboard was not a total loss because, oddly enough, I could type my password in to open the computer. But after that, the keyboard did not type anything whatsoever.

Again, all the articles were rather informative.

¬j

"Repeatedly hitting the "option" key 5 times will activate this" -Gorverna
Oh gawd thank you

Did you try checking if the batteries were in the keyboard in th right direction? That was my problem. Plus goes in first!

YOU SAVED MY LIFE!!! I've been struggling this problem for almost more than 8 months and I used to restart my MacBook every time!!! Today I paired my Mac Mini's keyboard and realized it's acting the same.. Light bulb over my head!!! Came here and saw all those useless tricks like terminal and the like, but you my friend, explained simple, crystal clear!! Thank you so much!!!!