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. Following, this post pointed to me my Matthew Miller, I am able to get things working. Here is what I did (same as in the post there). Created a file as follows (called ~/bin/export_x_info): #!/bin/bash # Export the dbus session address on startup so it can be used by cron touch $HOME/.Xdbus chmod 600 $HOME/.Xdbus env | grep DBUS_SESSION_BUS_ADDRESS > $HOME/.Xdbus echo 'export DBUS_SESSION_BUS_ADDRESS' >> $HOME/.Xdbus # Export XAUTHORITY value on startup so it can be used by cron env | grep XAUTHORITY >> $HOME/.Xdbus echo 'export XAUTHORITY' >> $HOME/.Xdbus ---- make the file executable: $ chmod 700 ~/bin/export_x_info Change this to be sourced at startup. I added the line to ~/.config/openbox/autostart: /home/maitra/bin/export_x_info& ---- added the following line to crontab (via crontab -e): 37 * * * * source $HOME/.Xdbus; nice -n 19 $HOME/scripts/yum/check-kernel.sh This works now! Thanks very much everybody's help! Best wishes, Ranjan ____________________________________________________________ FREE 3D MARINE AQUARIUM SCREENSAVER - Watch dolphins, sharks & orcas on your desktop! Check it out at http://www.inbox.com/marineaquarium -- 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
