Venkatakrishnan sudarsanam wrote:
>Hi all,
>Is there any task scheduler available in RH 7.2other than Kcron/Crontab as Crontab is
>not working as expected. The scheduled task given using
>crontab -e is not getting executed at all, it throws an error saying that
>
>xset: /usr/bin/AbiWord cannot display.... when i tried to execute AbiWord in a
>particular time using Crontab.
>
>What can be the problem if Crontab if it has to work properly or suggest me any
>other better task scheduler apps available.
>
>Venkatakrishnan.
>
>
>
If you really wanted to do this via crontab
1. Set xhost+ (dangerous) from your xwindow session (KDE/GNOME open
xterm then type xhost +)
or if you know how to use MIT cookies well you are on safer side
2. Make a small script in your $HOME, like /home/username/scripts/abiword
in the script /home/username/scripts/abiword
DISPLAY=:0 /usr/bin/AbiWord
3. Schedule your job using the crontab but use this /home/username/scripts/abiword as
your job
4. Then make sure you have your Xwindow running and wait for the time
that you want to open it. it should work as you have expected.
-Chandra
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