I thought I had this licked last night, but I guess I didn't.
It seems that using crontab I can do neat console things like wget an
image from a web site, but I can't seem to make anything happen in X.
Can anyone tell me why this crontab wgets the file on schedule but
doesn't display it?
25 * * * * /usr/bin/wget -O /root/rad_at.gif
http://weather.unisys.com/radar/rad_at.gif
26 * * * * /usr/X11R6/bin/xloadimage -onroot -fullscreen
/root/rad_at.gif
The xloadimage line works great from the command line, just as it is
above. I tried
26 * * * * ee /pics/somepic.jpg and that didn't do anything either. I
hear the drive thrash briefly at the appointed time, but I see no
output, and receive no mail with errors.
Is it an X thing?
Arggh! :)
dave w
