> On 19 Jul 2023, at 14:18, Joe Feely via users <users@lists.fedoraproject.org> > wrote: > > > I have a few little scripts that crontab runs. Well it runs the espeak > commands but no sign of it running the zenity bits > > In crontab:- > 0 * * * * ./Joe-drink-water-reminder > > File Joe-drink-water-reminder contains:- > espeak -a15 -p25 -s160 "Hey, get Joe a drink of water" > zenity --info --title "Joe and water drinking" --width=850 --height=250 > --text "<span foreground='blue' font='72'>drink</span>" > > This works in a terminal with ./Joe-drink-water-reminder (including doing the > zenity command), BUT not when cron initiates it (it only does the espeak bit). > > This worked fine in f37 and earlier, just not f38. > Any pointers (I've "googled" it with no success)
In cron the process does not have the DISPLAY or DISPLAY_WAYLAND env var set so you cannot open a gui window I expect? I an a little surprised that sound worked from cron. Barry > > Thanks, > Joe > _______________________________________________ > users mailing list -- users@lists.fedoraproject.org > To unsubscribe send an email to users-le...@lists.fedoraproject.org > Fedora Code of Conduct: > https://docs.fedoraproject.org/en-US/project/code-of-conduct/ > List Guidelines: https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines > List Archives: > https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/users@lists.fedoraproject.org > Do not reply to spam, report it: > https://pagure.io/fedora-infrastructure/new_issue _______________________________________________ users mailing list -- users@lists.fedoraproject.org To unsubscribe send an email to users-le...@lists.fedoraproject.org Fedora Code of Conduct: https://docs.fedoraproject.org/en-US/project/code-of-conduct/ List Guidelines: https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines List Archives: https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/users@lists.fedoraproject.org Do not reply to spam, report it: https://pagure.io/fedora-infrastructure/new_issue
