On Thu, Jan 15, 2004 at 10:24:30PM +0000, Antony Gelberg wrote: > Hi all, > > I want to update my wallpaper at time intervals. So, I've set up a > crontab: > # DO NOT EDIT THIS FILE - edit the master and reinstall. > # (/tmp/crontab.bCmoxk/crontab installed on Thu Jan 15 21:07:39 2004) > # (Cron version -- $Id: crontab.c,v 2.13 1994/01/17 03:20:37 vixie Exp > # $) > 0 * * * * $HOME/bin/wallpaper_rotate $HOME/pics/wallpaper/ > > wallpaper_rotate is a dirty shell script: > #!/bin/sh > NEXTFILE=`ls $1 | rl -c 1` > wmsetbg $1$NEXTFILE > > Now that's coding. Anyway, it works. However, cron reports: > wmsetbg fatal error: could not open display > > I guess this is because it is not being run from my X session. Question > is, is there anything I can do to get it to work the way that I want? >
Set DISPLAY at the top of your crontab. This is probably not "The Right Way" though. `wmsetbg' is asking to use your X server's display (for whatever reasons it may have) but cron knows nothing about your display(s). A better solution would be to find another way to change the background (that doesn't need to access the display.) -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
