[Xquartz-dev] re 1. Check for X11 Updates broken? (Jack Howarth)

[Shane Dobbins]

Have you tried to do a re-install?

On Sat, Oct 20, 2012 at 2:00 PM,
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> Date: Sat, 20 Oct 2012 14:32:45 -0400
> From: Jack Howarth <howarth at bromo.med.uc.edu>
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> Cc: jeremyhu at apple.com
> Subject: [Xquartz-dev] Check for X11 Updates broken?
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>    I am surprised this hasn't been mentioned on the mailing list yet, but
> the "Check for X11 Updates..." functionality has been broken in Xquartz for
> awhile now. Whenver, I start Xquartz 2.7.4 under 10.7.5 with the latest
> security updates and select the "Check for X11 Updates..." menu item from
> the Xquartz X11 menu, the system log shows...
>
> Oct 20 14:04:42 MacBookPro org.macosforge.xquartz.startx[415]:
> Oct 20 14:04:49 MacBookPro org.macosforge.xquartz.startx[415]:
> /opt/X11/bin/xinit: XFree86_VT property unexpectedly has 0 items instead of
> 1
> Oct 20 14:05:55 MacBookPro X11.bin[380]: Sparkle Error: An error occurred
> in retrieving update information. Please try again later.
> Oct 20 14:05:55 MacBookPro X11.bin[380]: Sparkle Error (continued): The
> request timed out.
> Oct 20 14:06:48 MacBookPro org.macosforge.xquartz.startx[415]:
> /opt/X11/bin/xinit: connection to X server lost
> Oct 20 14:06:48 MacBookPro org.macosforge.xquartz.startx[415]:
>
> and a dialog appears with the text "Update Error! An error occured in
> retrieving
> update information. Please try again later." as well as a "Cancel Update"
> button.
> I don't see any obvious error messages in
> /Users/howarth/Library/Logs/X11/org.macosforge.xquartz.log.
> The same issue is seen under Mountain Lion. In each case, I had to
> manually download the dmg for
> Xquartz 2.7.4 in order to update the prior 2.7.4rc1 release. However, both
> 2.7.4rc1 and 2.7.4 display
> the broken update feature. Is the update server down? Thanks in advance
> for any clarifications.
>          Jack
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Shane Dobbins
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