[Xquartz-dev] Check for X11 Updates broken?

[Jeremy Huddleston Sequoia]

Do you have a custom SUFeedURL set?  Is it pointing to static.macosforge.org?  If so, that's the problem.

Assuming you want the beta feed, use this:
defaults write org.macosforge.xquartz.X11 SUFeedURL http://xquartz.macosforge.org/downloads/sparkle/beta.xml

--Jeremy

On Oct 20, 2012, at 11:32, Jack Howarth <howarth at bromo.med.uc.edu> wrote:

>   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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