this post helped me a lot:
http://ubuntuforums.org/showpost.php?p=8716453postcount=2
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Unexported $DISPLAY prevents `at' from executing GUI apps
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/94933
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Since at.c explains that DISPLAY is not exported on purpose, and there
is a work-around in comment #5, marking this ticket as a feature
request.
** Changed in: at (Ubuntu)
Importance: Medium = Wishlist
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Unexported $DISPLAY prevents `at' from executing GUI apps
Problem is still in Jaunty Alpha 4
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Unexported $DISPLAY prevents `at' from executing GUI apps
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/94933
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still appears in Intrepid
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Unexported $DISPLAY prevents `at' from executing GUI apps
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/94933
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