On Sunday 12 July 2015 03:01:18 Erik Christiansen wrote:
> On 12.07.15 02:32, Gene Heskett wrote:
> > I have put a crontab entry
> >
> > 34 * * * * xset -dpms
>
> To avoid the error mail, I'd change that to:
>
> 34 * * * * xset -dpms -display :0.0

Done, and thank you. I put a tail on it to see if it helps, but it sure 
makes sense.  I'll advise if it doesn't.  I have the same unwanted dpms 
on 2 other machines but this is the one I tried to "fix".

> That'll avoid the:
> > xset:  unable to open display ""
>
> and the emails should go away.
> (Well, it did for me, last time I had a crontab fiddling with X.)
>
> Erik

Thanks Erik.

Cheers, Gene Heskett
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