If you try to connect PandaPow and it fails pretty much immediately, chances are that some other program didn’t unload its TUN/TAP extensions. This is not very nice of the other program, since it is stopping PandaPow (and many other programs as well) from doing it’s thing.
To find out if this is the case, do as follows:
It would enable tap to click for built-in MacBook Trackpads for the root user, which would also affect the login screen. There are similar commands to enable it for Bluetooth-based Magic Trackpads as well. Unfortunately it doesn’t seem to work in OS X 10.8 anymore. Is there some other way of doing this in Mountain Lion? Mac OS Sierra Fix. If you are using Mac OS Sierra, and you have trouble unloading the conflicting TUN/TAP extension, then you can try this: Open a Terminal window (in Apps Utilities), and type the following: sudo -s. If prompted, type your computers password. And then type: rm -fr /Library/Extensions/tap.kext. Rm -fr /Library/Extensions/tun.kext. In Windows on your Mac, click in the right side of the taskbar, click the Boot Camp icon, then choose Boot Camp Control Panel. If a User Account Control dialog appears, click Yes. In the One Finger section, select any of the following: Tap to Click: Lets you tap the trackpad to click. For most Mac users, turning on tap-to-click is best done from Mac OS X System Preferences, but advanced users who require more control, automation, or remote enabling of the feature can also enable tap-to-click through the command line by using defaults strings.
- Open a Terminal window (in Apps > Utilities), and type the following:
kextstat grep -e tun -e tap
- If the above command results in output similar to:
267 0 0x44ffd000 0x6000 0x5000 com.badprogram.tap (1.0) <7 5 4 1>
Then you need to unload the bad programs TUN/TAP extension. Use the following command in the Terminal:
sudo kextunload -b com.badprogram.tap
IMPORTANT: The ‘com.badprogram.tap‘ is just an example. It needs to be replaced with whatever is output from the first command. You may also need to type your computers password, note that the password will be invisible, so type your password and then press Enter.
- To make sure no TUN/TAP extensions remains, again type:
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kextstat grep -e tun -e tap
Then try connecting PandaPow again.
In case the issue comes back again, then we recommend removing the conflicting program completely from your computer. An easy way to do that is to use “AppCleaner” which is a free software that is easy to use:
Mac OS Sierra Fix
If you are using Mac OS Sierra, and you have trouble unloading the conflicting TUN/TAP extension, then you can try this:
- Open a Terminal window (in Apps > Utilities), and type the following:
sudo -s
If prompted, type your computers password. And then type:
rm -fr /Library/Extensions/tap.kext
rm -fr /Library/Extensions/tun.kext
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- To make sure no TUN/TAP extensions remains, again type:
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kextstat grep -e tun -e tap
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Then try connecting PandaPow again.