Hi, same problem here on feisty. I ran your simple test Ralph:
[EMAIL PROTECTED] ~ % echo touch /tmp/created_by_at | at now warning: commands will be executed using /bin/sh job 8 at Tue Oct 16 23:32:00 2007 [EMAIL PROTECTED] ~% ls -al /tmp/created_by_at -rw-rw-r-- 1 nicolas users 0 2007-10-16 23:32 /tmp/created_by_at And some others: echo mpg123 /home/nicolas/Musique/arthurH_feist.mp3 | at now warning: commands will be executed using /bin/sh job 11 at Tue Oct 16 23:41:00 2007 music plays... echo vlc|at now nothing... echo zenity|at now nothing... Could there be something wrong with display? -- The 'at' command fails to execute commands at the given times and dates https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/94933 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is the bug contact for Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs