Script doesn't execute in crontab

jis0501 · 08-04-2007, 01:34 AM

Hi Gurus,

I am Linux newbie. I tried to run the following script in crontab with no success. However, it works in xterm. Could you please give me some advice?

#!/bin/sh
DISPLAY=0.0
/usr/bin/xterm -display :0 -e \
/usr/bin/gmplayer -fs -zoom -quiet -vo xv %s \
-cache 8192 -cache-min 80 -msglevel all=-1 \
-nolirc -ontop -playlist /home/cool2/PlayList/playlist.txt

24 18 * * * cool2 /home/cool2/play-music.sh

Regards,

jis0501

SCerovec · 08-04-2007, 04:00 AM

In crontab, the script is executed in a totally different environment than from xterm.
For practice, make a script that exports the environment to a logfile.
refer to bash's manpage for how to do this

OTOH root ain't supposed to have access to X, as it's a security hole

XavierP · 08-04-2007, 07:09 AM

Moved: This thread is more suitable in Linux-General and has been moved accordingly to help your thread/question get the exposure it deserves.