On Sun, Feb 27, 2005 at 02:30:06PM -0500, Larry Brown wrote:
> On Sun, 2005-02-27 at 14:16, Larry Brown wrote:
> > On Sun, 2005-02-27 at 14:01, Paul M Foster wrote:
> >
> > >
> > > Cron doesn't run in an X environment. So if it's trying to launch an
> > > X-based application (which is what it sounds like), it's going to fail
> > > on that part. Most X apps launched from an xterm can detect that they're
> > > running in an X environment and launch properly. But cron doesn't run
> > > that way. I'm guessing that if you try to run any X app from a pure
> > > console (not an xterm, but a real console), you'll get the same or
> > > similar error message.
> > >
> > > Paul
> > >
> >
> > So does this mean that it is not possible to start a gui app from cron?
>
> This can not be the case as I have scheduled the script to run from cron
> after having given "xhost +" and the cron job is able to open the window
> ok. I just need to find out how I can bypass the security measure of
> restricting outside connections from openning my x session while
> allowing this one to connect. I wouldn't mind openning up my x session
> to other users on this box, but specifying "xhost + localhost", "xhost +
> desktop", "xhost + 127.0.0.1" nor "xhost + 192.168.1.10" do it. So how
> do I know what address it thinks it is being connected from to which it
> refuses said connection? The log is only telling me "client 41" or just
> now "client 42".
I'll buy that.
Here's a shot in the dark. Check and see if you have a file either in
the root directory or your home directory called .Xauthority. It has
something to do with X security, but I don't know how it works. It's
just a direction to look in.
Paul
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