On Saturday 21 March 2015 06:07:41 Petter Adsen wrote: > On Sat, 21 Mar 2015 05:58:44 -0400 > > Gene Heskett <ghesk...@wdtv.com> wrote: > > On Saturday 21 March 2015 05:18:18 Reco wrote: > > > Hi. > > > > > > On Sat, 21 Mar 2015 05:02:53 -0400 > > > > > > Gene Heskett <ghesk...@wdtv.com> wrote: > > > > Greetings; > > > > > > > > Running a wheezy based linux here. > > > > > > > > While I as a user can use xset to remind the system of the > > > > monitors dpms controls, an identical entry in my crontab results > > > > in an email that it could not open my 0:0 display. > > > > > > Since cron should strip out every environment variable from > > > whatever its told to run - that's to be expected. > > > > > > > So I cannot "script" this reminder. > > > > > > You can. All you need to do is to define the needed DISPLAY and > > > XAUTHORITY in the script itself. > > > > > > I.e. > > > > > > #!/bin/sh > > > export DISPLAY=:0.0 > > > > It will not install, claiming bad minute > > > > > export XAUTHORITY=<your XAuthority goes here> > > > xset +foo -bar > > > > > > Reco > > > > This what I have, but it will not install > > > > #!/bin/sh > > export DISPLAY=:0:0 > > export XAUTHORITY=/home/gene/.Xauthority > > # m h dom mon dow command > > */5 * * * * /home/gene/bin/makesig > > 30 0 * * * /home/gene/bin/sa-train-bayes > > 01 * * * * xset -display 0:0 +dpms > > 02 * * * * xset -display 0:0 dpms 300 0 600 > > > > error msg on quitting nano: > > > > crontab: installing new crontab > > "/tmp/crontab.O2BPk0/crontab":1: bad minute > > errors in crontab file, can't install. > > > > Its probably obvious, but I can't see why it fails. > > Either set the variables like > DISPLAY=:0.0 > > or, better yet, write the line as: > 01 * * * * /home/gene/bin/name-of-script > > and set the variables in the script itself. > > Petter
And that latter seems to have worked. Thank you Petter. Cheers, Gene Heskett -- "There are four boxes to be used in defense of liberty: soap, ballot, jury, and ammo. Please use in that order." -Ed Howdershelt (Author) Genes Web page <http://geneslinuxbox.net:6309/gene> -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: https://lists.debian.org/201503210734.03293.ghesk...@wdtv.com
