On 09/21/2010 10:49 PM, Nitesh Mistry wrote: > On Tue, Sep 21, 2010 at 01:36:50AM +0530, Arun Khan wrote: > [...snip...] > When I am not logged in, cron still executes the command (as I can see > from the syslog) but there is no output. And no message from cron for > this instance. > > Whereas, when I am logged in, the song is played but I also get a > message (attached) from the cron. >
From the error message ... > libdvdread: Can't stat /media/newdisk/songs/Silk Route - Boondein/01 - > Boondein.ogg > No such file or directory > [00000419] access_directory access error: /media/newdisk/songs/Silk Route - > Boondein/01 - Boondein.ogg: No such file or directory > [00000419] access_file access error: cannot open file > /media/newdisk/songs/Silk Route - Boondein/01 - Boondein.ogg (No such file or > directory) > [00000413] main input error: open of `/media/newdisk/songs/Silk Route - > Boondein/01 - Boondein.ogg' failed: could not create access: no suitable > access module > [00000402] signals interface error: Caught Terminated signal, exiting... > libdvdnav: Using dvdnav version 4.1.3 > libdvdnav: vm: failed to open/read the DVD ...it looks like the reason it fails is because vlc can't access the DVD. Judging by the path I guess the DVD is automounted when you are logged in. I'd suggest modifying your script to mount your media before attempting to play. btw, did you google[1] before attempting your experiment ? This is fairly common thing almost all of us attempt at some point or the other. In the early days when linux was not so ^user-friendly^, these hacks were easier to do :-) cheers, - steve Look only if you /want/ step-by-step instructions, if you want to discover the way to achieve it by trial-n-error don't click: http://www.google.com/search?q=linux+cron+music+alarm -- random spiel: http://lonetwin.net/ what i'm stumbling into: http://lonetwin.stumbleupon.com/ -- http://mm.glug-bom.org/mailman/listinfo/linuxers
