Changed the line so the file now reads: #!/bin/sh # Popup message generator # Written by Dave Hall - http://davehall.com.au USER=`who | grep :0 | cut -d\ -f1` export DISPLAY=:0 export XAUTHORITY=/home/$USER/.Xauthority zenity --info --title="Broadcast message" --text="$1"
Executing with: sudo popup 'lorem ipsum' and receiving the following error: export: 6: simon/.Xauthority: bad variable name do I need to somehow configure settings to do with Xauthority? Thanks. -- Simon Ives [EMAIL PROTECTED] www.simonives.info Please consider the environment before printing this email or any attachments. On Tue, 2008-11-18 at 21:48 +1100, Dave Hall wrote: > On Tue, 2008-11-18 at 19:56 +1000, Simon Ives wrote: > > Thanks for the response Dave. > > > > I'm having a problem where the popup message always displays: > > > > "All updates are complete" > > > > The window title is: > > > > "Information" > > That is a weird default - keep reading for the (tested) solution :) > > > > > I'll document the steps I took below: > > > > ------------------------ > > > > Logged in to client machine via ssh. > > > > sudo nano /usr/local/bin/popup > > > > #!/bin/sh > > # Popup message generator > > # Written by Dave Hall - http://davehall.com.au > > USER=`who | grep :0 | cut -d\ -f1` > > export DISPLAY=:0 > > export XAUTHORITY=/home/$USER/.Xauthority > > zenity --info text=$1 > > My bad - change this line to > zenity --info --title="Broadcast message" --text="$1" > > That way you get your message, and a nicer title. > > It should work better now :) > > Cheers > > Dave > -- ubuntu-au mailing list [email protected] https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-au
