On Wed, 2 Oct 2013 21:38:26 -0400 Matthew Miller <mattdm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > On Wed, Oct 02, 2013 at 07:55:51PM -0500, Ranjan Maitra wrote: > > 0 * * * * maitra DISPLAY=:0.0 $HOME/scripts/yum/check-kernel.sh > > Did you try the things in the blog post I'd linked to? As I said in my > previous method, notify-send needs to talk to your dbus session, and it > can't get that from inside cron. > > http://earlruby.org/2008/08/update-pidgin-status-using-cron/ > > has a way of working around that. Sorry, I was going to get to this, but wanted to try the other quicker-implemented suggestions also. Now that there is a sort of workaround there, I will look into implementing this. (This looks more elegant to me: maybe it is no different from the other solution.) Thanks again! Ranjan > > -- > Matthew Miller ☁☁☁ Fedora Cloud Architect ☁☁☁ <mattdm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> > -- > users mailing list > users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > To unsubscribe or change subscription options: > https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users > Fedora Code of Conduct: http://fedoraproject.org/code-of-conduct > Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines > Have a question? Ask away: http://ask.fedoraproject.org -- Important Notice: This mailbox is ignored: e-mails are set to be deleted on receipt. Please respond to the mailing list if appropriate. For those needing to send personal or professional e-mail, please use appropriate addresses. ____________________________________________________________ FREE 3D EARTH SCREENSAVER - Watch the Earth right on your desktop! Check it out at http://www.inbox.com/earth -- users mailing list users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users Fedora Code of Conduct: http://fedoraproject.org/code-of-conduct Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines Have a question? Ask away: http://ask.fedoraproject.org
