On Wed, Oct 2, 2013 at 10:42 PM, Ranjan Maitra <maitra.mbox.igno...@inbox.com> wrote: > On Wed, 2 Oct 2013 20:53:52 -0500 inode0 <ino...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> On Wed, Oct 2, 2013 at 10:10 AM, Ranjan Maitra >> <maitra.mbox.igno...@inbox.com> wrote: >> > Hi, >> > >> > I have a cron job running which yum updates all my machines once a day. >> > All of these work fine. >> > >> > I also have a cron job which checks for kernel updates every hour and >> > sends me a message if an updated kernel has been installed. Here is the >> > relevant script: >> > >> > --- begin file called check-kernel.sh in my scripts/yum directory--- >> > >> > #!/bin/bash >> >> export DISPLAY=:0 > > I was wondering -- why, instead of this, the following would not work: > > export $(env | grep DISPLAY)
DISPLAY is not set in the environment used by cron. That was the whole problem to begin with. John -- users mailing list users@lists.fedoraproject.org To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users Fedora Code of Conduct: http://fedoraproject.org/code-of-conduct Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines Have a question? Ask away: http://ask.fedoraproject.org
