Firefox doesn't start because Cron doesn't set the 'DISPLAY' environment
variable which Firefox requires (try 'DISPLAY= firefox' in terminal).
This can be worked around by setting the DISPLAY variable in the crontab
('5 * * * * DISPLAY=:0 /usr/bin/firefox')
See https://help.ubuntu.com/community/C
# cat /var/spool/cron/crontabls/ill
#No comment
SHELL=/bin/bash
#No comment
5 * * * * /usr/bin/firefox
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https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/993723
Title:
cron jobs never execute
To m
By using "crontab -e" you are setting up a user-specific cronjob. Those
crontabs are stored in /var/spool/cron/crontabs/ and the filename is the
same as the username of the user that creates the crontab.
Can you verify that this file is created for your user? If it is, can
you post its contents?
