Btw, rather than directly opening a terminal window, you may want to use the notify-send api / command line to do your popup. That way it gets rendered natively by your desktop of choice, and you don't have to fuss about searching which DISPLAY variable X is running on.
You can do something like notify-send --app-name=foo --icon=icon-name-in-usr-share-icons-without-the-path-and-extension --urgency=normal|critical --expire-time=milliseconds "TITLE" "LONGTEXT" On Wed, Jul 10, 2013 at 12:54 AM, Joseph <syscon...@gmail.com> wrote: > How to design a sticky note pop-up when file is present? > > I would like to check if file is present via and open a terminal window with > a simple message. > I think a simple bash script and a cron job would do the trick or is there a > better solution? > > I've tried cron + bash script > > cron: > 32 10 * * * sh /home/joseph/xp_share/wall.sh > > wall.sh > terminal > wall file ready > > When I open terminal and type: "terminal" new windows pops up > But if close all the terminals and run wall.sh script the terminal will not > open. > I get an error message: (terminal:24945): Gtk-WARNING **: cannot open > display: > > -- > Joseph > -- This email is: [ ] actionable [ ] fyi [ ] social Response needed: [ ] yes [ ] up to you [ ] no Time-sensitive: [ ] immediate [ ] soon [ ] none
