Hi all;
I have put a crontab entry
34 * * * * xset -dpms
in my user=gene crontab file
The idea being to disable the screen blanker.
This is a command that doesn't generate an error when I type it in.
But I've just discovered that the subject mail file is just shy of a
megabyte, containing:
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>From gene@localhost.localdomain Sun Jul 12 01:34:02 2015
Return-path: <gene@localhost.localdomain>
Envelope-to: gene@localhost.localdomain
Delivery-date: Sun, 12 Jul 2015 01:34:02 -0400
Received: from gene by lathe.coyote.den with local (Exim 4.80)
(envelope-from <gene@localhost.localdomain>)
id 1ZE9tp-000591-SS
for gene@localhost.localdomain; Sun, 12 Jul 2015 01:34:01 -0400
From: root@localhost.localdomain (Cron Daemon)
To: gene@localhost.localdomain
Subject: Cron <gene@lathe> xset -dpms
Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8
X-Cron-Env: <SHELL=/bin/sh>
X-Cron-Env: <HOME=/home/gene>
X-Cron-Env: <PATH=/usr/bin:/bin>
X-Cron-Env: <LOGNAME=gene>
Message-Id: <e1ze9tp-000591...@lathe.coyote.den>
Date: Sun, 12 Jul 2015 01:34:01 -0400
xset: unable to open display ""
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A few thousand copies of this, adding one more per hour. And the blanker
is not disabled in practice.
So, why can I do it, but my crontab cannot?
Thanks guys.
Cheers, Gene Heskett
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Genes Web page <http://geneslinuxbox.net:6309/gene>
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