On Fri, Sep 24, 2010 at 07:26:40AM +0530, Rony wrote: > On Thursday 23 September 2010 03:29 PM, Nitesh Mistry wrote: > > > > > > AND with mpg123, I don't need to run it with sudo or in root's cron. > > Simply adding 'mpg123<song.mp3>' to my user's cron works even when I am > > not logged in. > > > > > > Great. I tried it again in user but I still need to be logged in to at > least one session, console or gui. The funny part is that if I log out, > the song stops there and continues after I log in again.
My bad. It was a bit of laziness in testing it properly or should I say my ignorance of the difference between a fresh reboot and a simple logging out of the session. When I said *it worked*, it did work, but at that time, I had just logged out of my session (not logged in to the computer anywhere else). So I assumed that it would be same state as if I had just rebooted the computer and no one logged in yet. But as I discovered, its not the same. So yes, the command will have to be given in root's cron to work after a fresh reboot. Sorry for creating confusion. Next time, will bear in mind to test properly. Also updated my blog post [0] accordingly. Its amazing how much you discover when you do the stuff yourself instead of just following 'how-tos' from the web. [0] http://www.mistrynitesh.com/blog/Computer_as_an_Alarm_Clock_.html -- Regards, Nitesh Mistry www.mistrynitesh.com PGP key id: CC580416
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