Cron Environment won't run script

[cryingthug]

I am trying to get gnome-terminal to open from a crontab. Cron's environment is stopping it. I have tried this:

* * * * * . /home/steve/.bashrc ; /home/steve/script.sh

and I have tried this:

* * * * * . /home/steve/.profile ; /usr/bin/gnome-terminal

Neither will work. How do I fix this?

[atreyu]

may I ask why on earth you are trying to do this? Perhaps there is another way to achieve what you are trying to do, is why I ask.

It probably needs the DISPLAY env var set, but I'm just guessing. Redirect the output of your script to a log to see the errors.

* * * * * /home/steve/script.sh > /tmp/stevescript.log 2>&1

You can also check /var/log/messages and /var/log/cron to see if they say anything.

To try using the DISPLAY var, put this at the top of steve's script:

export DISPLAY=:0.0