KCron scheduled commands not running

[javathecat]

Hi All,

I'm new to using KCron and have been trying to get it to schedule a simple command to start amarok for me "amarok -p" and it doesn't seem to be working.

I've spent some time reading the manuals and cron seems to be running and I'm pretty sure I have the command syntax right also.

Can someone help me troubleshoot this please?

[Rog131]

Re: KCron scheduled commands not running

a simple command to start amarok for me "amarok -p" and it doesn't seem to be working.

> [SOLVED] How can one launch Amarok with cron?

=> Try with:

DISPLAY=:0 amarok -p

If that doesn't help, maybe (mailing output) > Topic: Secuirty Question About Anacron (Solved)

I have a mail-system installed. When using KCron with the amarok -p:

mail

Mail version 8.1.2 01/15/2001. Type ? for help.
"/var/mail/rog": 1 message 1 new
>N 1 root@ammu2500l.el Sun Jan 11 10:40 21/867 Cron <rog@Ammu2500L> amarok
...

Subject: Cron <rog@Ammu2500L> amarok -p
Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ANSI_X3.4-1968
X-Cron-Env: <SHELL=/bin/sh>
X-Cron-Env: <HOME=/home/rog>
X-Cron-Env: <PATH=/usr/bin:/bin>
X-Cron-Env: <LOGNAME=rog>
Date: Sun, 11 Jan 2009 10:40:01 +0200

: cannot connect to X server

[javathecat]

Re: KCron scheduled commands not running

Okay that command doesn't seem to work.

Most things seem to check up, but I'm not sure if the commands are actually being run. I'm just trying to get it to print a test string for me to see if thats the problem.

Heres some of the output I'm getting:

$ cat crontab
SHELL=/bin/sh
MAILTO=nailz
PATH=/usr/local/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/sbin:/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin

# m h dom mon dow user command
17 * * * * root cd / && run-parts --report /etc/cron.hourly
25 6 * * * root test -x /usr/sbin/anacron || ( cd / && run-parts --report /etc/cron.daily )
47 6 * * 7 root test -x /usr/sbin/anacron || ( cd / && run-parts --report /etc/cron.weekly )
52 6 1 * * root test -x /usr/sbin/anacron || ( cd / && run-parts --report /etc/cron.monthly )
#
38 15 * * * nailz echo "this works!"

$ crontab -e
# Play music as alarm clock
30 20,21 * * * DISPLAY:=0 amarok -p
# Check If Program is Running
40 11 * * * echo "The program is running"
# This file was written by KCron. Copyright (c) 1999, Gary Meyer
# Although KCron supports most crontab formats, use care when editing.
# Note: Lines beginning with "#\" indicates a disabled task.

$mail
No mail for nailz

$ ps aux | grep cron
root 5368 0.0 0.1 2100 780 ? Ss Jan05 0:01 /usr/sbin/cron
nailz 11763 0.0 1.5 31156 10256 ? S Jan11 0:08 kcron -icon kcron -miniicon kcron -caption KCron
nailz 30254 0.0 0.1 3244 1096 pts/1 S+ 16:13 0:00 man cron
nailz 30557 0.0 0.1 3012 776 pts/4 S+ 16:31 0:00 grep cron


Is there anything else apart from this that could be the problem?

[javathecat]

Re: KCron scheduled commands not running

No cron is working sorry about that :-X