Re: [Wirelessdriver-support] Looking for solutions to uninstall problems

[Michael B. <mb...@zo...>]

On Friday, February 28, 2003, at 09:34  AM, Mark Warner wrote:

> Hello,
>     I've decided to go with another wireless driver and would really 
> like to
> remove all traces of this one. The removal utility distributed through 
> the
> web site does not seem to change anything. I still have a folder called
> WirelessDriver PPane.prefPane and the application SigMeter sitting in 
> my
> applications folder. These cannot be thrown away manually, as they 
> request
> the root user. As far as I can remember, I have never messed with the 
> system
> at the root level, so I have no idea what the permissions may be to do 
> this.
> Has anyone out there written a better uninstall script or know of a way
> around this problem? Thanks in advance for any suggestions.

Hi Mark, you'll probably get more sophisticated answers to your 
questions than mine, but I hope the following will also be helpful.

Remember that you indeed were required to supply your 'root' password 
to install the driver. One reason for this is that for it to run at the 
system level, the driver needs those privileges. So even though the 
'uninstaller' has apparently failed in its job (no change after 
logout/login?), you can still remove the driver, you just may need to 
do it from the command line using 'sudo' to authenticate your status as 
administrator of your computer.

Anything free comes with no guarantee, and the traffic on this list 
proves that the details of using this driver are not flawless and lots 
of users have troubles getting everything to show up at first. I agree 
with all you have said, and unfortunately this is one of the 
inconveniences to be endured for the potential benefit from open source 
software.

Having said that, if you are in need of more precise instructions for 
getting these things removed, it would be my pleasure to work with you 
further by email. I have gotten such excellent support from the various 
email forums for the open source projects that I use, that I'm just 
itching to provide some real help to another user when possible.

Kind Regards,
--Michael