On Sunday 20 July 2003 12:17, David selby wrote: > Hello > > I have been trying to get cron to execute programs at set times, > As a test I am trying to execute dillo (loads fast!) I setup cron as > user testbed to execute dillo every five mins, > I get the following ...... > > From [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sun Jul 20 11:10:01 2003 > Return-path: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Envelope-to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Received: from testbed by debian with local (Exim 3.35 #1 (Debian)) > > for <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; Sun, 20 Jul 2003 11:10:01 +0100 > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Cron Daemon) > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Cron <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> /usr/X11R6/bin/dillo > X-Cron-Env: <SHELL=/bin/sh> > X-Cron-Env: <HOME=/home/testbed> > X-Cron-Env: <PATH=/usr/bin:/bin> > X-Cron-Env: <LOGNAME=testbed> > Message-Id: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sender: CronDaemon <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Date: Sun, 20 Jul 2003 11:10:01 +0100 > > Setting locale to C > > Gtk-WARNING **: cannot open display: > > OK so i know its something to do with $DISPLAY, I tried setting > DISPLAY=:0.0 in a shell then execute dillo, no go ... > > I know cron works AOK on non x programs > > Can anyone advise ? > > Dave
Normally an x program should obey to the -display flag for example if you switch to console, login as root and type xterm -display :0 A root xterm should appear on you X display. I've tried it with dillo here but dillo just ignores the flag (not implemented yet ?). So try it with a more basic X application like xterm, xclock, xbill ;) ... those should work when you specify the -display flag but first test it from console to verify it works. hth Elie De Brauwer -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
