[Xquartz-dev] Check for X11 Updates broken?

[Jeremy Huddleston Sequoia]

Yeah, MacOSForge has been having server maintenance and upgrades over the past couple months.  Xquartz was moved onto its own VM, so many of its services have been combined into that VM.  static.macosforge.org doesn't serve us any more, so you need to use the xquartz.macosforge.org URL.

The SUFeedURL set in the app bundle uses the xquartz.macosforge.org, so the only way someone would experience this issue is if they set the URL themselves.

--Jeremy

On Oct 20, 2012, at 15:33, Jack Howarth <howarth at bromo.med.uc.edu> wrote:

> On Sat, Oct 20, 2012 at 02:37:13PM -0700, Jeremy Huddleston Sequoia wrote:
>> 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
> 
> Jeremy,
>   I have...
> 
> % defaults read org.macosforge.xquartz.X11 SUFeedURL
> http://static.macosforge.org/xquartz/downloads/sparkle/beta.xml
> 
> on both machines, which was what you previously said to use. If previously
> designated SUFeedURL addreses have been deprecated, XQuartz really should
> be checking for those and resetting them to the current valid beta SUFeedURL.
>           Jack
> ps After updating to...
> 
> defaults write org.macosforge.xquartz.X11 SUFeedURL http://xquartz.macosforge.org/downloads/sparkle/beta.xml
> 
> the update server is properly found.
> 
>> 
>> 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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