On Sat, 21 Mar 2015 05:58:44 -0400 Gene Heskett <ghesk...@wdtv.com> wrote:
> > > On Saturday 21 March 2015 05:18:18 Reco wrote: > > Hi. > > > > On Sat, 21 Mar 2015 05:02:53 -0400 > > > > Gene Heskett <ghesk...@wdtv.com> wrote: > > > Greetings; > > > > > > Running a wheezy based linux here. > > > > > > While I as a user can use xset to remind the system of the > > > monitors dpms controls, an identical entry in my crontab results > > > in an email that it could not open my 0:0 display. > > > > Since cron should strip out every environment variable from whatever > > its told to run - that's to be expected. > > > > > So I cannot "script" this reminder. > > > > You can. All you need to do is to define the needed DISPLAY and > > XAUTHORITY in the script itself. > > > > I.e. > > > > #!/bin/sh > > export DISPLAY=:0.0 > It will not install, claiming bad minute > > export XAUTHORITY=<your XAuthority goes here> > > xset +foo -bar > > > > Reco > > This what I have, but it will not install > > #!/bin/sh > export DISPLAY=:0:0 > export XAUTHORITY=/home/gene/.Xauthority > # m h dom mon dow command > */5 * * * * /home/gene/bin/makesig > 30 0 * * * /home/gene/bin/sa-train-bayes > 01 * * * * xset -display 0:0 +dpms > 02 * * * * xset -display 0:0 dpms 300 0 600 > > error msg on quitting nano: > > crontab: installing new crontab > "/tmp/crontab.O2BPk0/crontab":1: bad minute > errors in crontab file, can't install. > > Its probably obvious, but I can't see why it fails. Either set the variables like DISPLAY=:0.0 or, better yet, write the line as: 01 * * * * /home/gene/bin/name-of-script and set the variables in the script itself. Petter -- "I'm ionized" "Are you sure?" "I'm positive."
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