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 <howa...@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 > > _______________________________________________ > Xquartz-dev mailing list > Xquartz-dev@lists.macosforge.org > http://lists.macosforge.org/mailman/listinfo/xquartz-dev > _______________________________________________ Xquartz-dev mailing list Xquartz-dev@lists.macosforge.org http://lists.macosforge.org/mailman/listinfo/xquartz-dev
