cron runs in a windowless environment, without X11 credentials. It is causing that error because it has no X server to connect to.
To do what you want, you'll either need to use a GUI based scheduler provided by your desktop environment, switch to a command-line only bittorrent client, or use a bittorrent client that has its own scheduling features and then leave it running all day long. ~Ryan On Wed, Sep 17, 2008 at 12:17 AM, sid <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Hi I am trying to schedule deluge bittorent client, but whenever I do > it using "at" or "cron", I get the following error > > > File "/usr/lib64/python2.5/site-packages/deluge/__init__.py", line > 36, in <mod > ule> > import gtk.glade > File "/usr/lib64/python2.5/site-packages/gtk-2.0/gtk/__init__.py", > line 79, in > <module> > _init() > File "/usr/lib64/python2.5/site-packages/gtk-2.0/gtk/__init__.py", > line 67, in > _init > _gtk.init_check() > RuntimeError: could not open display > > > It works fine if I simply write > $deluge > but it does'nt work with cron or at. > *is there some other way I can schedule it. > I get the above message in my mailbox by "at" as well as "cron" > > Thank you. > > > -- http://rmgraham.blogspot.com --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Linux Users Group. To post a message, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit our group at http://groups.google.com/group/linuxusersgroup -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
