Re: [growl-discuss] growl displays w/ mouse, how to remove?
Peter Hosey
> I seem to get a growl notification from "Logitech Control Center"
> telling me my mouse is (dis)connected, which then quickly fades.
> How can I stop this?
They're two of HardwareGrowler's notifications, so they'll be under
HardwareGrowler in the Applications tab. You can turn them off there.
Note that HardwareGrowler doesn't allow you to enable or disable
notifications per device—it's all devices or none.
> I don't even know how Growl ended up on my Mac anyway, I don't
> remember downloading it or buying it. Does it come bundled with
> some programs?
Yes.
> My attempt to stop this so far: I went to System Prefs where I saw
> Growl, and unchecked everything.
You're using an old version of Growl. We removed Growl from its own
applications tab in 1.1. Also, none of those notifications have
anything to do with devices being connected or disconnected, as you
could tell by reading their names.
There's no mention of Growl anywhere in the mouse's preferences.
Of course not. We don't modify other people's preference panes,
including Apple's.
> Then from Finder I did a Find (cmd-F) on "growl", and deleted all
> "growl" files (just preferences I think, nothing meaty). Growl has
> disappeared from System Prefs, but the notification still fades in
> and out.
Moving something to the Trash doesn't delete it. The Trash is a
temporary holding area, in case you change your mind. Only when you
*empty* the Trash is it really deleted.
You won't be able to empty the trash until you have stopped Growl,
because it is still running. Move the prefpane back to the Home/
Library/PreferencePanes folder, then open it, then click Stop Growl.
Then move the prefpane back to the Trash and empty the Trash.
Peter Hosey
>>> I seem to get a growl notification from "Logitech Control Center"
>>> telling me my mouse is (dis)connected, which then quickly fades.
>>> How can I stop this?
>>
>> They're two of HardwareGrowler's notifications, so they'll be
>> under HardwareGrowler in the Applications tab. You can turn them
>> off there.
>
In the Growl prefpane.
>>> I don't even know how Growl ended up on my Mac anyway, I don't
>>> remember downloading it or buying it. Does it come bundled with
>>> some programs?
>>
>> Yes.
>
> I would find it preferable if your program would ask me before it
> installed itself, gave an explanation as to what it was …
It does.
> (rather than just the software authors),
Hm?
> and made its uninstall procedure easier to discern please.
Yeah, our uninstall procedure is to run a program on the Growl disk
image. Of course, if you install Growl from another application, you
don't get the uninstaller. I'd say that's a bug.
>> There's no mention of Growl anywhere in the mouse's preferences.
>>
>> Of course not. We don't modify other people's preference panes,
>> including Apple's.
>
> Well I just thought perhaps I might simply need to uncheck
> something in my mouse's software, that's all.
Ah, right—you were thinking that the mouse driver might support Growl
itself.
> So yes, the trash was emptied, but I still get what looks like a
> growl. Would you like a screenshot? (i don't see how to attach
> images to this forum post).
Yes, please. I think you can just go to the group page, login using
your Google Account, and upload it.
Evan Schoenberg
J~ wrote:
> My attempt to stop this so far: I went to System Prefs where I saw
> mention of Growl anywhere in the mouse's preferences. Then from Finder
> I did a Find (cmd-F) on "growl", and deleted all "growl" files (just
> preferences I think, nothing meaty). Growl has disappeared from System
> Prefs, but the notification still fades in and out.
Have you restarted your computer (or logged out and back in) since
doing this and therefore causing Growl to disappear from the System
Prefs?
On Sep 24, 2007, at 11:56 AM, Peter Hosey wrote:
>
> On Sep 24, 2007, at 08:34:45, J~ wrote:
>> I seem to get a growl notification from "Logitech Control Center"
>> telling me my mouse is (dis)connected, which then quickly fades.
>> How can I stop this?
>
> They're two of HardwareGrowler's notifications, so they'll be under
> HardwareGrowler in the Applications tab. You can turn them off there.
>
> Note that HardwareGrowler doesn't allow you to enable or disable
> notifications per device--it's all devices or none.
Are you sure that this is HardwareGrowler at work?
1) J~ makes no mention of running HardwareGrowler; it doesn't sound
like he has it installed.
2) HardwareGrowler would not, so far as I am aware, have any
knowledge of a "Logitech Control Center". That's a program Logitech
makes which allows configuration of a Logitech USB or Bluetooth mouse,
not a name sent via the USB bus.
-Evan
Shawn Wilsher
notifications that look like growl notifications, but actually aren't?
Cheers,
Shawn
Peter Hosey
> Are you sure that this is HardwareGrowler at work?
> 1) J~ makes no mention of running HardwareGrowler; it doesn't
> sound like he has it installed.
> 2) HardwareGrowler would not, so far as I am aware, have any
> knowledge of a "Logitech Control Center". That's a program Logitech
> makes which allows configuration of a Logitech USB or Bluetooth
> mouse, not a name sent via the USB bus.
Ah, good catch. I didn't notice that in the screenshot that he sent
to me privately rather than uploading to the Google Groups files page.
J~, Logitech Control Center has its own notifications. That's not
Growl in the screenshot; it's LCC.
(How'd I find that out? I downloaded LCC from the Logitech website,
then used Pacifist to look through its Installer package. Inside
LCCDaemon.app are two nibs: NotificationSquareWindow.nib, and
NotificationWideWindow.nib. These seem to be a Bezel-alike and Smoke-
alike, though it's hard to tell because they're just plain Aqua when
you look at them in IB.)
Evan Schoenberg
On Sep 24, 2007, at 3:01 PM, J~ wrote:
>>
>> Have you restarted your computer (or logged out and back in) since
>> doing this and therefore causing Growl to disappear from the System
>> Prefs?
>
> Yes I did.
I don't think this can be Growl's notification, then.
>> 2) HardwareGrowler would not, so far as I am aware, have any
>> knowledge of a "Logitech Control Center". That's a program Logitech
>> makes which allows configuration of a Logitech USB or Bluetooth
>> mouse,
>> not a name sent via the USB bus.
>
> So I should contact Logitech perhaps?
Yes, and please let us know what they have to say about it.
-Evan
Evan Schoenberg
On Sep 24, 2007, at 4:23 PM, J~ wrote:
> I've posted the screenshot for others to see, if that helps.
Seeing the screenshot, it's clear why it was thought to be Growl - it
looks just like the Bezel display.
> Hey, could I somehow delete those .nib files, reinstall the mouse
> software?
Deleting the nib files would probably silence the notification with no
ill effects; I haven't tested that, and your mileage may vary.
-Evan