Try putting in the script: DISPLAY=:0.0
at the top after #!/bin/sh HTH, Bill > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of German Guillot > Sent: Wednesday, August 04, 2004 4:43 PM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: [newbie] Cron doesn't run for user > > > On Wed, 04 Aug 2004 15:07:43 -0500, Mikkel L. Ellertson > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > Yep, I did that. I tried PATH=/home/ger/bin and when that didn't work > > > PATH=/bin:/usr/bin:/usr/bin/X11: etc, the whole bash environment > > > variable. > > > > > Did you add the full path in the script, or in the crontab entry? > > I added it only in the crontab entry, both in the PATH variable and in > the line to be executed. > > > I find specifing the path the script expects in the script itself cuts way > > down on problems, especialy if you later change your path from what it > > was when you wrote the script. You can usualy depend on /bin;/usr/sbin, > > but anything else depends on how the script is being run. > > Hm. With a script such as: > > #!/bin/bash > cat /home/ger/test.1 >> /home/ger/test.2 > > you mean I should write: > > #!/bin/bash > /bin/cat /home/ger/test.1 >> /home/ger/test.2 > > right? Well, darn it, yes! I just tried it (that very example with > cat, which was not working either) and now it works. That was really > mystifying me, because I reckoned cat should always work. Of course it > does. > > > > > Just to see, I made another script to open a browser window. All it > > > has is this: > > > > > > #!/bin/bash galeon > > > > > > It's called /home/ger/bin/gal and works from the command line. But > > > not from cron. Those things you point out might be the reason... I'll > > > use a command that always works and check it. Any suggestions? > > > > > I bet it will not work from the command line if you are at the command > > line interface, instead of the command line in an xterm. Any command > > that needs X to run will NOT work in a cron job. This is because it can > > not connect to an X server - at least not with the default security > > settings. It is not a good idea to change the settings to allow this, > > unless you are on an isulated machine. (I remember playing tricks on > > people running an open X server...) ;) > > Right again! :) If I try to run my little "program" gal from a login > shell and not an xterm, I get and error message: > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] ger]$ gal > (galeon-bin: 13165): Gtk-WARNING **: cannot open display: > > > > I hope this helps... > > It does indeed, thank you. All the mysteries have been explained. I > still can't do what I was trying to do, but now I know why. It was > only to learn, so I can count the whole thing a success after all. > > Thank you again. > > Germán. > >
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