X-Git-Url: http://source.jalview.org/gitweb/?a=blobdiff_plain;f=src%2Fjalview%2Fbin%2FCache.java;h=0744cd9e18b854c37a0f837e297a3794b83ab99c;hb=c24267ee9b42f032d0d1a561b6fb05b03d754460;hp=8d003efc685847f30d8b4c4bb0bb548fa1614bb8;hpb=fd29e047719a470cf304c5a41abfff5c1eac3ee8;p=jalview.git

diff --git a/src/jalview/bin/Cache.java b/src/jalview/bin/Cache.java
index 8d003ef..0744cd9 100755
--- a/src/jalview/bin/Cache.java
+++ b/src/jalview/bin/Cache.java
@@ -238,9 +238,16 @@ public class Cache
       {
         public void run()
         {
+          String orgtimeout = System.getProperty("sun.net.client.defaultConnectTimeout");
+          if (orgtimeout==null)
+          {
+            orgtimeout="30";
+            System.out.println("# INFO: Setting default net timeout to "+orgtimeout+" seconds.");
+          }
           String jnlpVersion = null;
           try
           {
+            System.setProperty("sun.net.client.defaultConnectTimeout", "5000");
             java.net.URL url = new java.net.URL(
                 "http://www.jalview.org/webstart/jalview.jnlp");
             BufferedReader in = new BufferedReader(new InputStreamReader(url.
@@ -261,9 +268,11 @@ public class Cache
           }
           catch (Exception ex)
           {
+            System.out.println("Non-fatal exceptions when checking version at www.jalview.org :");
             System.out.println(ex);
             jnlpVersion = getProperty("VERSION");
           }
+          System.setProperty("sun.net.client.defaultConnectTimeout", orgtimeout);
 
           setProperty("LATEST_VERSION", jnlpVersion);
         }