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Open a terminal from a Crontab

Fresh5 days ago
Mar 15, 202613840 views
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Problem

How do I get a gnome-terminal window to open from a crontab? I have tried this: None of these seem to work.

Error Output

* * * * * /usr/bin/gnome-terminal 

    * * * * * source /home/user_name/.bashrc ; /usr/bin/gnome-terminal

    * * * * * source /home/user_name/.pro…

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Fix for: Open a terminal from a Crontab

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Though this is not really a robust solution since there's no guarantees that X server will be on :0.

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