On Sat, 2006-01-07 at 22:29 +0100, Peter Lesterhuis wrote: > > > > > >I want to start an app at a certain time, say 2 hours from now. For > >> instance xmms, oowriter or mplayer. I can't make this happen when I use > >> "at". > >> When I type a shell-command like "cp" using "at", then it works. > >> In the documentation I cannot find any limitations of launching apps > >> with "at". Is it an authorization problem (launching x-based apps?). > >> On the other hand mplayer won't start either. > >> I'm aware this is not a typical question for this list, but I don know > >> where else to put my question. > > > > > > > >Peter, > > > >Please, tell us how do you issue the AT command to run mplayer. > > > >(I can run mplayer and openoffice with AT.) > > > > > This is the command I issue: > $ at now + 2 minutes > at> mplayer http://livemedia.omroep.nl/radio4-breed?MSWMExt=.asf > Peter. > > i think the problem is that the at environment does not include the x screen. most gui type programs won't work in a non-x environment. saw a nice script at one point that ran avidemux2 in a batch/cli/at type mode by creating a screen buffer. but that was to make it happy, not to actually let it display anything to a user. at's not intended for gui stuff, IMHO. john
