Hi, I tried to set up a cronjob without using /etc/cron.d and the like. But I just don't get some things. Why can't I start xmms? Why doesn't printf "\a" work?
I did this: cd ~ touch somefile crontab somefile crontab -e this is my crontab: * * * * * /bin/bash /home/pm/bin/showMe this is the script (/home/pm/bin/showMe) it starts: #!/bin/bash cd /home/pm/tmp # just to test if it works at all: touch `date +%Y-%m-%e__%k.%M.%S` # this does not work: xmms & crontab -l shows my line, every minute it dutifully starts my script and I get a file every minute in ~/tmp so it works! At least until the "xmms &" line because xmms never shows up. When I start the script manually in the shell it works fine. "at" fails me too... Is it the Xserver? Does crond run as a different user? The files that were generated every minute have the same user and group as I have... It must be something so obvious that it isn't mentioned anywhere. But I just don't get it... Patrik
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