If you're exectuting the command(s) from a file, and specifying that file with the -f option for 'at', then maybe try putting:
export DISPLAY=:0 (or whatever display you wish to use) at the start of the file, to be executed before the command that requires the display. Cheers, Gareth On Monday 08 September 2003 05:46, antonovich wrote: > > ps. It might just be that I am not specifying a "job" properly. How do I > > do that? I have just been typing what I would type in for a command line > > instruction eg. mplayer /mnt/Movies/TheMatrix.avi, but this doesn't work. > > What am i doing wrong??? > > things seem to work a bit better (=work) when I use a file and when I don't > do something that uses the display (halt, mencoder) > man seems to suggest that it might be necessary to specify a display > adapter (?) but doesnt' mention how. > Still not entirely sure I'm not missing the point a bit. Would it help if I > specified the adapter at the command? ie. mplayer -vo x11 > /mnt/Movies/TheMatrix.avi (or whatever the actual command is...) > cheers > anton
