Re: Program started from cron cannot open display:?
On Oct 24 11:09, kmself@ix.netcom.com wrote:
> on Tue, Oct 24, 2000 at 03:39:53AM +0200, John Ericson (john@john.pp.se) wrote:
> > I'm trying to launch a local Gnome program on my local X from crontab but in my
> > mail report from the cron it says:
> >
> > Gtk-WARNING **: cannot open display:
> >
> > And the program won't come up. My display is :0 and yes, X is running.
> >
> > Can anyone give me a hint here?
>
> xauth?
>
> (you asked for a hint).
>
I have an ~/.Xauthority file. But the program from the cron is runned as the
same user using the X server on the same computer. Then I shouldn't have to
list and add lines from the .Xauthority file, I think or I'm wrong here?
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