Re: [Emc-users] Slowly growing /var/mail/gene file

2015-07-12 Thread Gene Heskett 
On Sunday 12 July 2015 03:02:19 Rafael wrote:
> Gene,
>
> On 07/11/2015 11:32 PM, Gene Heskett wrote:
> > Hi all;
> >
> > I have put a crontab entry
>
> cron job is an overkill IMO.
> It's better to disable it at login rather than kill with cronjob.

I've tried that, but in a few hours it seem to get re-enabled from some 
source, hence the hourly override attempt via crontab.

Thanks Rafael.

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Re: [Emc-users] Slowly growing /var/mail/gene file

2015-07-12 Thread Gene Heskett 


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.

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Re: [Emc-users] Slowly growing /var/mail/gene file

2015-07-12 Thread Rafael 
Gene,
On 07/11/2015 11:32 PM, Gene Heskett wrote:
> Hi all;
>
> I have put a crontab entry
>

cron job is an overkill IMO.
It's better to disable it at login rather than kill with cronjob.

check this link:
http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=2105381

> 34 * * * * xset -dpms
>
> in my user=gene crontab file
>
> The idea being to disable the screen blanker.
>
> This is a command that doesn't generate an error when I type it in.
>
> But I've just  discovered that the subject mail file is just shy of a
> megabyte, containing:
> 
>>From gene@localhost.localdomain Sun Jul 12 01:34:02 2015
> Return-path: 
> Envelope-to: gene@localhost.localdomain
> Delivery-date: Sun, 12 Jul 2015 01:34:02 -0400
> Received: from gene by lathe.coyote.den with local (Exim 4.80)
>   (envelope-from )
>   id 1ZE9tp-000591-SS
>   for gene@localhost.localdomain; Sun, 12 Jul 2015 01:34:01 -0400
> From: root@localhost.localdomain (Cron Daemon)
> To: gene@localhost.localdomain
> Subject: Cron  xset -dpms
> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8
> X-Cron-Env: 
> X-Cron-Env: 
> X-Cron-Env: 
> X-Cron-Env: 
> Message-Id: 
> Date: Sun, 12 Jul 2015 01:34:01 -0400
>
> xset:  unable to open display ""
> 
> A few thousand copies of this, adding one more per hour.  And the blanker
> is not disabled in practice.
>
> So, why can I do it, but my crontab cannot?
>
> Thanks guys.
>
> Cheers, Gene Heskett
>

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Re: [Emc-users] Slowly growing /var/mail/gene file

2015-07-11 Thread Erik Christiansen 
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

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.)

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[Emc-users] Slowly growing /var/mail/gene file

2015-07-11 Thread Gene Heskett 
Hi all;

I have put a crontab entry

34 * * * * xset -dpms

in my user=gene crontab file

The idea being to disable the screen blanker.

This is a command that doesn't generate an error when I type it in.

But I've just  discovered that the subject mail file is just shy of a 
megabyte, containing:

>From gene@localhost.localdomain Sun Jul 12 01:34:02 2015
Return-path: 
Envelope-to: gene@localhost.localdomain
Delivery-date: Sun, 12 Jul 2015 01:34:02 -0400
Received: from gene by lathe.coyote.den with local (Exim 4.80)
(envelope-from )
id 1ZE9tp-000591-SS
for gene@localhost.localdomain; Sun, 12 Jul 2015 01:34:01 -0400
From: root@localhost.localdomain (Cron Daemon)
To: gene@localhost.localdomain
Subject: Cron  xset -dpms
Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8
X-Cron-Env: 
X-Cron-Env: 
X-Cron-Env: 
X-Cron-Env: 
Message-Id: 
Date: Sun, 12 Jul 2015 01:34:01 -0400

xset:  unable to open display ""

A few thousand copies of this, adding one more per hour.  And the blanker 
is not disabled in practice.

So, why can I do it, but my crontab cannot?

Thanks guys.

Cheers, Gene Heskett
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 soap, ballot, jury, and ammo. Please use in that order."
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