Re: [Dorset] Crontab issue
Adrian, reading your comment reminded me of something I read about adding a display option to the script. So I added the line "export DISPLAY=:0.0" and the script now works with the image being displayed on screen at the scheduled time from crontab regards Tim H On 26/06/2022 22:03, Adrian Warman via dorset wrote: The reason is that there is no screen on which to display any windows. A crontab 'job' is running in its own little login. It's a command line -only session, hence nowhere to send graphical display output. The 'no MTA' message is a different thing. The crontab task failed (nowhere to display graphic output), so crontab would like to send an error report. But there's no email service set up for the OS to use. MTA is Mail Transfer Agent, which on Linux is typically sonething like sendmail, but also (typically) is not configured and running by default. Adrian W. -- Next meeting: Online, Jitsi, Tuesday, 2022-07-05 20:00 Check to whom you are replying Meetings, mailing list, IRC, ... http://dorset.lug.org.uk New thread, don't hijack: mailto:dorset@mailman.lug.org.uk
Re: [Dorset] Too Many browsers
On Monday, 27 June 2022 10:03:35 BST Peter Merchant wrote: > I have just had to install chromium in order to resolve a problem on my > opera browser not showing videos. I now have on my Kubuntu 20.04 Firefox, > Chrome, Opera and Chromium. > > I believe TC uses Chromium instead of Chrome on his computer. Can I get rid > of Chrome and Firefox? Are there any downsides/upsides to doing this. > Firefox is currently my default browser on the system. You're right, I use Chromium and have Firefox installed but rarely used. Before the latest update to 22.04, I had to install Chrome, because Chromium kept nagging me to log in to Google. That has now gone away, so I now have Chromium for everything. -- Terry Coles -- Next meeting: Online, Jitsi, Tuesday, 2022-07-05 20:00 Check to whom you are replying Meetings, mailing list, IRC, ... http://dorset.lug.org.uk New thread, don't hijack: mailto:dorset@mailman.lug.org.uk
[Dorset] Too Many browsers
I have just had to install chromium in order to resolve a problem on my opera browser not showing videos. I now have on my Kubuntu 20.04 Firefox, Chrome, Opera and Chromium. I believe TC uses Chromium instead of Chrome on his computer. Can I get rid of Chrome and Firefox? Are there any downsides/upsides to doing this. Firefox is currently my default browser on the system. Cheers all, Peter M. -- Next meeting: Online, Jitsi, Tuesday, 2022-07-05 20:00 Check to whom you are replying Meetings, mailing list, IRC, ... http://dorset.lug.org.uk New thread, don't hijack: mailto:dorset@mailman.lug.org.uk
[Dorset] Crontab issue
The reason is that there is no screen on which to display any windows. A crontab 'job' is running in its own little login. It's a command line -only session, hence nowhere to send graphical display output. The 'no MTA' message is a different thing. The crontab task failed (nowhere to display graphic output), so crontab would like to send an error report. But there's no email service set up for the OS to use. MTA is Mail Transfer Agent, which on Linux is typically sonething like sendmail, but also (typically) is not configured and running by default. Adrian W. -- Next meeting: Online, Jitsi, Tuesday, 2022-07-05 20:00 Check to whom you are replying Meetings, mailing list, IRC, ... http://dorset.lug.org.uk New thread, don't hijack: mailto:dorset@mailman.lug.org.uk
