on Tue, Oct 24, 2000 at 10:46:22PM +0200, John Ericson ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > 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?
Are you specifying a display for the X client? Following works:
[EMAIL PROTECTED]:karsten]$ batch
warning: commands will be executed using /bin/sh
at> export DISPLAY=:1
at> xlogo &
at> <EOT>
job 66 at 2000-10-24 14:24
Note that cron, at, and batch will inherit the current environment, so
if you use different X displays, you may run into trouble.
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