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	grog	2008-12-12 , 14:54
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Originally Posted by allnameswereout

Originally Posted by grog
Unfortunately it does need to be run as 'user'. If run as root I get the error 'cannot connect to x display'.
Try
Code:
DISPLAY=:0.0 rndback

I hadn't thought that it might be just that the DISPLAY hadn't been set. Unfortunately it still won't work via the cron implementation I'm using. I've tried all of the following forms & none of them work.

Code:

*/10 * * * * DISPLAY=:0.0 rndback

Code:

*/10 * * * * (DISPLAY=:0.0; rndback)

Code:

DISPLAY=:0.0
*/10 * * * * rndback

After working with various cron's over the years I've come to expect this kind of thing. About the only method I haven't tried is to put the lines into a script & running the script instead, but to tell you the truth, su works just fine & I have any issues doing it that way. But thanks for the help anyway.

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