On Oct 24 11:09, kmself@ix.netcom.com wrote: > on Tue, Oct 24, 2000 at 03:39:53AM +0200, John Ericson ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) > wrote: > > I'm trying to launch a local Gnome program on my local X from crontab but > > in my > > mail report from the cron it says: > > > > Gtk-WARNING **: cannot open display: > > > > And the program won't come up. My display is :0 and yes, X is running. > > > > Can anyone give me a hint here? > > xauth? > > (you asked for a hint). > I have an ~/.Xauthority file. But the program from the cron is runned as the same user using the X server on the same computer. Then I shouldn't have to list and add lines from the .Xauthority file, I think or I'm wrong here?
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