On Thu, Oct 03, 2024 at 07:47:34PM -0400, Walter Dnes wrote > The Gentoo install suggested using "cronie". I want to run a script > daily as local user. The config I want is... > > 35 7 * * * waltdnes /home/waltdnes/pm/check4update/check4update
My email shows that the job is launching, but tripping over permissions. Here's what it's supposed to do... * Because I'm running a custom build of Pale Moon web browser, I can't use the built-in updater from the standard version * I want to check the palemoon.org Atom feed for new releases * A text file "previous.txt" has the date stamp of the most recent entry * bash script "check4update"... *** wget's the webpage *** greps the "<published>" lines *** the top line has the most recent posting *** compare the the most recent <published> date with "previous.txt" *** if the same, exit *** if not the same... *** 1) update "previous.txt" with the newest date *** 2) use "geeqie" to display a garish messege about the update That last step is the problem. I get the following error... (geeqie:14531): Gtk-WARNING **: 07:35:01.797: cannot open display: What do I need to do to allow "geeqie" to open up in an X window as user "waltdnes". -- There are 2 types of people in this world 1) Those who can extrapolate from incomplete data
