crontab: How to run GUI programs with cron

[sidefx2]

I've been going crazy trying to figure out why I can't get deluge working...

I'm trying to schedule my torrents to automatically turn on at night after I sleep, so I have this in my crontab:

41 11 * * * DISPLAY=:0 && /usr/bin/deluge

(The time there is just for testing purposes) basically it seems to execute this command but nothing runs. Anyone have any idea would I could be doing wrong?

[seventynine]

I've been going crazy trying to figure out why I can't get deluge working...

I'm trying to schedule my torrents to automatically turn on at night after I sleep, so I have this in my crontab:

41 11 * * * DISPLAY=:0 && /usr/bin/deluge

(The time there is just for testing purposes) basically it seems to execute this command but nothing runs. Anyone have any idea would I could be doing wrong?

here's my working one:

0 0 * * * export DISPLAY=:0 && deluge #start torrents
0 6 * * * killall -9 deluge #stop torrents

you're just missing "export" in your line, it seems

[sidefx2]

That was the problem, thanks a lot!

[FooAtari]

Is there a way to select which Desktop the application opens on?

I'm using crontab to stop and start klibido and it works great. However I would like to open on Desktop 2 if possible?

Thanks

[henriquemaia]

Is there a way to select which Desktop the application opens on?

I'm using crontab to stop and start klibido and it works great. However I would like to open on Desktop 2 if possible?

Thanks

Just change the

DISPLAY=:0

to the number of the display where you want to run the application.

ex:

DISPLAY=:1

or

DISPLAY=:2

[FooAtari]

Hmmm, Ok, ill try that. When I tried it before Klibido didn't load at all. Maybe I made a mistake though I'll try it again

Ta

[henriquemaia]

Hmmm, Ok, ill try that. When I tried it before Klibido didn't load at all. Maybe I made a mistake though I'll try it again

Ta

On the display you want to run the application, run the following command (from a terminal emulator):

echo $DISPLAY

It will give you something like this, (according to the display you’re running):

:0.0

For instance, I opened another display through issuing a

xinit -- :2

and when I ran

echo $DISPLAY

I got:

:2.0

[FooAtari]

Ok I get 0.0 on both desktops

Maybe I wasn't clear. I only have one display, maybe workspace is a better word. I want to open Klibido on workspace 2.

[henriquemaia]

Ok I get 0.0 on both desktops

Maybe I wasn't clear. I only have one display, maybe workspace is a better word. I want to open Klibido on workspace 2.

For that you will have to mess with your window manager options or use some software like Devil’s Pie. I’m not sure if this helps.

[FooAtari]

I'll figure something out. Thanks for trying