(Aside: I left the previous post and response intact, below, although I don't think you need to refer to it.) kstart works fine from root's CLI, but when I try to run it from root's cron I get the error message: kstart: cannot connect to X server Within cron (see my edited current cron, below) I changed the path from: /usr/bin:/bin to: /usr/bin:/bin:/usr/X11R6/bin/ hoping that would solve the problem. The path seems to have been successfully changed, but kstart still cannot connect to the X server. Do I have the wrong path (the path came from a "which X"), must I put something else on the path, do something else? Randy Kramer My current cron (edited): PATH = /usr/bin:/bin:/usr/X11R6/bin/ * * * * * /bin/echo $PATH >> /rhk/kstart.txt 2>&1 * * * * * /usr/bin/kstart --alldesktops /usr/sbin/net_monitor >> /rhk/kstart.txt 2>&1 /rhk/kstart.txt is just a log file to help me troubleshoot. The PATH does appear correct in that log file. The previous post: On Monday 13 November 2006 09:08 pm, you wrote: > On Monday 13 November 2006 05:10 pm, Christian Mueller wrote: > > Am Montag, 13. November 2006 22:48 schrieb Randy Kramer: > > > I'd like to be able to start an application (in this case, a non-kde > > > application--does it make a difference?) from the CLI and have its > > > window appear on all desktops (as in To Desktop -> All Desktops). Is > > > there a way to do that? > > > > kstart can do that. > > I just tried with xeyes, a non-KDE program: > > kstart --alldesktops xeyes > > Works for me. > > Christian, > > Wonderful, thank you! > > And, in this case, it placed the window exactly where the previous > window/instance was, which is just what I want! > > Randy Kramer ___________________________________________________ This message is from the kde mailing list. Account management: https://mail.kde.org/mailman/listinfo/kde. Archives: http://lists.kde.org/. More info: http://www.kde.org/faq.html.