Re: New Era app as background process...

James Saville <andrew.saville@bridge.bellsouth.com> wrote: >... > >This program runs fine in the background from an x-term, but root reports a >'CAN'T OPEN DISPLAY' error when running from cron. Is there a compiler >option to not require a display??? Is this possible??? Seems so simple, but >can't get it... Tech support is researching and I will post their reply, >but I can't wait a week. > ... NewEra on Motif needs a display device even when you don't "display" anything. So keep an X/terminal on and have your cron script point the DISPLAY variable to it. Version 3 is supposed to allow you to run without the need of an X device. Catalin ======================================= http://www.tecsys.com ========= Catalin Badea _/_/_/ _/_/_/ _/_/_/ _/_/_/ _/ _/ _/_/_/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/_/ _/ Senior Technical Architect _/ _/_/ _/ _/_/_/ _/ _/_/_/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ Tecsys Inc. _/ _/_/_/ _/_/_/ _/_/_/ _/ _/_/_/ ===== cat@tecsys.com =========== include system "disclaimer.4gh" =====