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Running crontab cmd for user without knowing Env DISPLAY

Hello,

I set up my crontab for user with Kcron.
That's nice program but I need to setup some X things: xmms in the morning.

So to do so, we need this command line:

Code:

env DISPLAY=:4. xmms -p

with this great Importance : env DISPLAY=:4.

Because of the quantity of users using the machine during the day, the env Display is variable from 0 up to 6. The pc is in my room, to wake me up with xmms the morning. So, is there a way to run the crontab user with this variable DISPLAY.

Thanks

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It might work like that: DISPLAY=:4 xmms -p
However it may fail if the display is not :4 at this time but :0 or :1... or if you are not allowed (see xhost).

Yves.

Quote:

Originally Posted by theYinYeti

It might work like that: DISPLAY=:4 xmms -p
However it may fail if the display is not :4 at this time but :0 or :1... or if you are not allowed (see xhost).

Yves.

hence if I understand well, I should make a perl code with:

Code:

ps -aux | grep "xinit"

checking where is the DISPLAY then exec cmd this X apps.

hmm:scratch: