Date: Thu, 21 Nov 2002 16:51:23 -0500 From: Chip Marshall <chip@chocobo.cx> To: John Barlow <barlow@starkube.net> Cc: freebsd-multimedia@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: running xmms from cron Message-ID: <20021121215123.GA53141@chocobo.cx> In-Reply-To: <3DDD8821.6090807@starkube.net> References: <3DDD8821.6090807@starkube.net>
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[-- Attachment #1 --] On November 21, 2002, John Barlow sent me the following: > I would like to make cron open xmms and stream my favorite radio shows. > Using crontab -e I created a schedule that follows this format: > > # wake up with KEXP 0622AM Monday - Friday > 22 6 * * 1-5 oenomaus xmms > /usr/home/oenomaus/streams/kexp.pls > > # listen to the news @ 0730 > 30 7 * * 1-5 oenomaus xmms > /usr/home/oenomaus/streams/kuow.pls Unless this is the system crontab (/etc/crontab) you don't need to specify a username. I don't know off the top of my head if it will break because of that though. I think the problem here is that cron does not run these commands with the same environment that your shell does. In particular, without a DISPLAY variable, I don't think xmms will know how to connect to X. In an xterm, try running "echo $DISPLAY" and adding whatever's it's value is to your crontab on a line of it's own, something along the lines of: DISPLAY=:0.0 It's a little hacky, but it should work, I think. -- Chip Marshall <chip@chocobo.cx> http://www.chocobo.cx/chip/ GCM/CS d+(-) s+:++ a21>? C++ UB++++$ P+++$ L- E--- W++ N@ o K- w O M+ V-- PS+ PE Y+ PGP++ t+@ R@ tv@ b++@ DI++++ D+(-) G++ e>++ h>++ r++ y? [-- Attachment #2 --] -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.0.6 (FreeBSD) Comment: For info see http://www.gnupg.org iD8DBQE93VVa8vyTVl6qbdQRApbVAJ9TxdGcMwCphXDUmswKwSUmoPe95ACfXSss v0nH3bgCfGaGq831AKlHHDA= =YhxC -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----
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