Frank Cox a écrit :
On second thought, a bash file calling zenity in a cronjob will be
better. You can have zenity show any message you want in a window on
the desktop and the only option available in that window can be ok.
kalarm would allow the user to change the alarm, and that's not
3) But when I add it to crontab like this :
# crontab -e
15 22 * * * /usr/local/sbin/warning.sh
... nothing happens at the given time (10:15 PM).
Any idea what's wrong here?
Any errors from a cron run go to your root mailbox (or whatever user's
crontab it is, when applicable).
Geoff Galitz a écrit :
Any errors from a cron run go to your root mailbox (or whatever user's
crontab it is, when applicable). Check your root mailbox for an error, I'm
assuming the PATH to zenity is not set correctly. That is the usual culprit
in a case like this.
No mail for root.
I
Geoff Galitz a écrit :
Any errors from a cron run go to your root mailbox (or whatever user's
crontab it is, when applicable). Check your root mailbox for an error,
I'm assuming the PATH to zenity is not set correctly. That is the usual
culprit in a case like this.
No mail for root.
I
m.r...@5-cent.us a écrit :
I assume you've checked /var/log/cron, to make sure it ran.
Yes, it looks so.
On further thought, here's a nasty one: on that line, echo $PATH. I wonder
if you need all the X paths, and maybe LD_LIBRARY_PATH set, for zenity to
run.
I think I do grasp in
m.r...@5-cent.us a écrit :
I assume you've checked /var/log/cron, to make sure it ran.
I think the problem boils down to this :
How can I run a graphical application from crontab ?
I gave it a shot with a simple one (/usr/bin/gcalctool) and didn't
succeed either.
rant
Phew, how I hate
I think the problem boils down to this :
How can I run a graphical application from crontab ?
I gave it a shot with a simple one (/usr/bin/gcalctool) and didn't
succeed either.
I think if you did something like this:
--
#!/bin/sh
# set DISPLAY
export DISPLAY=localhost:0
#
You wrote:
m.r...@5-cent.us a écrit :
On further thought, here's a nasty one: on that line, echo $PATH. I
wonder if you need all the X paths, and maybe LD_LIBRARY_PATH set, for
zenity to run.
I think I do grasp in theory what you suggest, but I wouldn't know how
to get it into practice.
On Thu, February 4, 2010 11:26 am, Geoff Galitz wrote:
I think the problem boils down to this :
How can I run a graphical application from crontab ?
I gave it a shot with a simple one (/usr/bin/gcalctool) and didn't
succeed either.
I think if you did something like this:
--
I'm really grateful for all the responses. But could someone please just
simply write down a *working* crontab line for this ?
Thanks,
Niki
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On Thu, February 4, 2010 12:07 pm, Niki Kovacs wrote:
I'm really grateful for all the responses. But could someone please just
simply write down a *working* crontab line for this ?
*If* the issue has to do with one user trying to display the message on a
desktop owned by another user, that
Marko A. Jennings a écrit :
Since the crontab entry I posted earlier works for me, I would concentrate
on trying to determine why exactly yours is failing.
Oooops. According to Murphy's law, your initial message is the only one
I had been overlooking... and it's also a *working* example.
On Thu, 2010-02-04 at 18:45 +0100, Niki Kovacs wrote:
The solution being simply to define the cronjob for the user... since
there's only one on the machine :o)
You may want to beautify it a bit and have the script check to see if
the user is actually logged in before trying to bring up the
On Tue, 2010-02-02 at 21:47 +0100, Niki Kovacs wrote:
Is there
a way I can display a message in GNOME at 22:15 warning the user that
the machine will shutdown in 15 minutes ?
kalarm
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Hi,
I'm currently installing a CentOS 5 desktop as a public internet access
point. The machine shuts down every day automatically at 22:30. Is there
a way I can display a message in GNOME at 22:15 warning the user that
the machine will shutdown in 15 minutes ?
Any suggestions ?
cron
On Tue, 2010-02-02 at 14:57 -0600, Frank Cox wrote:
On Tue, 2010-02-02 at 21:47 +0100, Niki Kovacs wrote:
Is there
a way I can display a message in GNOME at 22:15 warning the user that
the machine will shutdown in 15 minutes ?
kalarm
On second thought, a bash file calling zenity in a
Hi
Not sure but I seem to remember the old write command it could to the
trick.
Regards
Per
On Tue, 2010-02-02 at 21:47 +0100, Niki Kovacs wrote:
Hi,
I'm currently installing a CentOS 5 desktop as a public internet access
point. The machine shuts down every day automatically at 22:30. Is
On 2/2/2010 3:03 PM, Per Qvindesland wrote:
Hi
Not sure but I seem to remember the old write command it could to the
trick.
write or wall will work with open terminal windows - but shutdown offers
the option to send such a message itself with a grace period before the
actual shutdown. It
xmessage is another option. I use it from time to time. It would need
minimal dependencies if that is a consideration.
-geoff
-
Geoff Galitz
Blankenheim NRW, Germany
http://www.galitz.org/
http://german-way.com/blog/
I'm currently installing a CentOS 5
cron and xmessage.
Jobst
On Tue, Feb 02, 2010 at 09:47:20PM +0100, Niki Kovacs (cont...@kikinovak.net)
wrote:
Hi,
I'm currently installing a CentOS 5 desktop as a public internet access
point. The machine shuts down every day automatically at 22:30. Is there
a way I can display a
At Tue, 02 Feb 2010 21:47:20 +0100 CentOS mailing list centos@centos.org
wrote:
Hi,
I'm currently installing a CentOS 5 desktop as a public internet access
point. The machine shuts down every day automatically at 22:30. Is there
a way I can display a message in GNOME at 22:15 warning
On Tue, 2010-02-02 at 18:30 -0500, Robert Heller wrote:
I believe the shutdown command automagically generates warning. I
would
*guess* that GNOME would have some applet that monitors these sorts of
warnings and creates popups.
I haven't seen one, unless the user happens to have a
That's only on terminals (tty's, xterm, console) OR if you have xconsole open.
jobst
On Tue, Feb 02, 2010 at 06:30:15PM -0500, Robert Heller (hel...@deepsoft.com)
wrote:
At Tue, 02 Feb 2010 21:47:20 +0100 CentOS mailing list centos@centos.org
wrote:
Hi,
I'm currently installing
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