Every morning since I installed El Capitan, when I open my laptop, the login screen appears but my mouse and keyboard are unresponsive. The only button that works is the power button for turning off/on the screen & forced reboots, which I end up doing.
There is no beach ball of death like other people have experienced.
MacBook Pro (Retina, 15-inch, Late 2013)
No, I'm referring to the built-in keyboard. Neither is a bluetooth keyboard in proximity. If someone's external keyboard was frozen, wouldn't you think they'd try the built-in keyboard?
I am also running VMWare Fusion. Will try quitting the application before sleeping tonight.
To make clear to others, short periods of sleep do not cause this unresponsiveness.
I am having the same problem since upgrading the OS.. I do have vmware fusion running as well.
Built in keyboard or external? Are you using Bluetooth to connect?
Keyboard/Mouse – Troubleshooting Wireless
Bluetooth devices become unresponsive
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If your Wi-Fi is capable of generating a 5 GHz signal, try that.
Restart the computer holding down the command - option/alt - P - R keys before the gray screen appears. Continue to hold until you hear the startup chime for the second time.
I have exactly the same issues as you do. I have MacBook Pro (Retina, 13-inch, Late 2013).
Also I do have VMware Fusion and this happens only after long sleeps.
Same problem here too... Macbook Pro 15 Retina Late 2014 With VMWare Fusion installed. Cannot log in after long sleeps... Maybe VMWare has to look into things?
I have been in touch With VMWare. I run Fusion 7 which isn't compatible With El Capitan so they suggested an Upgrade to Fusion 8.
Same here.
I have to take out / put back the batteries for it to work again.
Same problem here, and also running VMware Fusion 7. You'd expect more than a year of support from non inexpensive product like VMware Fusion...
I don't experience the freezes when quitting VMWare before sleeping. No way will I spend $50 to upgrade to version 8... I wouldn't be surprised if the purposely orchestrated this.
No problems as long as Fusion isn't started.
Upgraded to Fusion 8 and problem is gone... Cost me 50 bucks though...
My colleague contacted VMware support and they are aware of the issue and working on a fix for Fusion 7.
I have the same problem since upgrading to El Capitan. I have a 2015 MacBook Pro Retina 15". After a long sleep, the trackpad and cursor are frozen. Keyboard still works and I have to reboot with the power button.
Same problem here also. Did not occur to me that Fusion could be the problem. Really great that you found out about this problem.
No I know and now I can do something about it.
Thanks!
I've got the same issue with mouse and keyboard freezing on long sleep. I am also running VM Ware tools 7. I have upgraded to 8 and report back on if that solves the issue for me.
Thanks everyone for figuring out what was causing the crashes!
Keyboard/Mouse frozen at login after long sleep
