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Fwd: Re(2): Softwareupdate "can't connect to host"




Bob Henry
Evergreen Elementary
350 Bennett
Wrangell, AK  99929
907-874-2321 x240
907-874-2621  fax


----- Original Message -----

               Monday, January 23, 2006 10:23:51 AM
Message
From:          Bob Henry
Subject:        Re(2): Softwareupdate "can't connect to host"
To:            Matt Rosenberg <email@hidden>

Matt Rosenberg <email@hidden> on Monday, January 23, 2006 at 10:11 AM -0900 wrote:
On Jan 23, 2006, at 11:04 AM, Bob Henry wrote:

> DC G5 10.4.4     SU refuses to cooperate
>
> DC-G5:~ bobhenry$ softwareupdate -l
> Software Update Tool
> Copyright 2002-2005 Apple
>
> 2006-01-20 14:14:04.597 softwareupdate[464]  
> loader:didFailWithError:NSError "can’t connect to host"  
> Domain=NSURLErrorDomain Code=-1004 UserInfo={
> NSErrorFailingURLKey = http://swscan.apple.com/content/catalogs/ 
> index-1.sucatalog;
> NSErrorFailingURLStringKey = "http://swscan.apple.com/content/
> catalogs/index-1.sucatalog";
> NSLocalizedDescription = "can\U2019t connect to host";
> }can’t connect to host
>
> Repaired permissions, trashed SU plist in Preferences, flushed  
> caches, logged on as another user w/admin rights, toggled network  
> connection in sys prefs  (KB 106695), replaced the SU pref pane.
>         The only other malfunction I can see is temperature widget  
> does not connect anymore.
> I can boot from another partition and SU runs fine.
>
>  Problem started after attempt to update fink after initial  
> install. Fink complains of connect refused.

So you've confirmed that your internet connection is working  
normally? You can get to various websites with no problem.

Its all good-- except as noted above.

The preference file for the softwareupdate tool is in root's home  
directory (because it must be run as root anyway). So first, try  
'sudo softwareupdate -l'. If that doesn't work, do 'sudo defaults  
delete com.apple.SoftwareUpdate'. That should delete any Software  
Update preference items for root. Then try again.


DC-G5:~ bobhenry$ sudo defaults delete com.apple.softwareupdate
DC-G5:~ bobhenry$ sudo softwareupdate -l
Software Update Tool
Copyright 2002-2005 Apple

2006-01-23 10:19:09.346 softwareupdate[501] loader:didFailWithError:NSError "can’t connect to host" Domain=NSURLErrorDomain Code=-1004 UserInfo={
    NSErrorFailingURLKey = http://swscan.apple.com/content/catalogs/index-1.sucatalog;
    NSErrorFailingURLStringKey = "http://swscan.apple.com/content/catalogs/index-1.sucatalog";
    NSLocalizedDescription = "can\U2019t connect to host";
}
can’t connect to host

        What next?




Bob Henry
Evergreen Elementary
350 Bennett
Wrangell, AK  99929
907-874-2321 x240
907-874-2621  fax

 
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