[Xquartz-dev] unable to turn off automatic checking for updates

[Ben Haga]

On Aug 25, 2009, at 4:38 PM, Harald Hanche-Olsen wrote:

> + Dave Ray <apple at jonive.com>:
>
>> Just wondering, is it intentional for X11 to check for updates on
>> every launch? There appears to be no way to turn that off (I prefer  
>> to
>> do it only manually.) Using the latest 2.4 release.
>
> I think there is a good chance that
>
> defaults write org.x.X11 SUEnableAutomaticChecks -boolean false
>
> will do the trick. I am too lazy to find out if it really does, so
> please let us know.
>
> - Harald

Good one, Harald!  I think this may actually be a good workaround for  
the problem I brought up in the "Check for X11 Updates option  
sometimes greyed out" thread.  I will test this out and see if it  
works as expected.

Thanks for the tip.


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Ben Haga
ECS Core Admin
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