Bug 347179

Summary:	kcron does not launch gui programs
Product:	[Applications] kcron	Reporter:	illumilore <illumilore>
Component:	general	Assignee:	Gary Meyer <gary>
Status:	REPORTED ---
Severity:	normal	CC:	cfeck, eljefedelito
Priority:	NOR
Version First Reported In:	unspecified
Target Milestone:	---
Platform:	Other
OS:	Linux
Latest Commit:		Version Fixed/Implemented In:
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Description illumilore 2015-05-04 18:17:32 UTC

I set up a cron task using kcron, but any program that is a gui such as redshift will never work if set up by kcron. No error is given at the scheduled program launch time. It seems to not work with any program that has a gui.

opensuse 13.2

Reproducible: Always

Comment 1 Christoph Feck 2015-05-04 21:43:07 UTC

So bug 340002 comment #4 no longer works? See also bug 340002 comment #2.

Comment 2 illumilore 2015-05-04 22:21:34 UTC

I forgot about that. but it stopped working. I think it might be opensuse bug though as it is saying x connection refused or something.

So is it possible to add a toggle for "run as gui app"? The current method of assuming the user knows about this DISPLAY=0 doesn't seem user friendly.

Comment 3 Christoph Feck 2015-05-16 23:06:50 UTC

*** Bug 275348 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***

Comment 4 Justin Zobel 2021-03-09 23:01:53 UTC

Thank you for the bug report.

As this report hasn't seen any changes in 5 years or more, we ask if you can please confirm that the issue still persists.

If this bug is no longer persisting or relevant please change the status to resolved.