Firefox doesn't start because Cron doesn't set the 'DISPLAY' environment variable which Firefox requires (try 'DISPLAY= firefox' in terminal).
This can be worked around by setting the DISPLAY variable in the crontab ('5 * * * * DISPLAY=:0 /usr/bin/firefox') See https://help.ubuntu.com/community/CronHowto#GUI_Applications for details. ** Changed in: ubuntu Status: New => Invalid -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/993723 Title: cron jobs never execute To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+bug/993723/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs