From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from lists.gentoo.org (unknown [208.92.234.80]) by finch.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id D79F91381F3 for ; Tue, 9 Jul 2013 22:28:37 +0000 (UTC) Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id D4D3AE086E; Tue, 9 Jul 2013 22:26:27 +0000 (UTC) Received: from mail121c7.megamailservers.com (mail121c7.megamailservers.com [69.49.98.221]) (using TLSv1 with cipher DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id EB3A1E07ED for ; Tue, 9 Jul 2013 22:26:26 +0000 (UTC) X-POP-User: admin.sys-concept.com Received: from syscon7.localdomain (S01060050da7ae68c.ed.shawcable.net [68.149.90.13]) by mail121c7.megamailservers.com (8.13.6/8.13.1) with ESMTP id r69GsOsK002503 for ; Tue, 9 Jul 2013 12:54:26 -0400 Received: by syscon7.localdomain (Postfix, from userid 1000) id 0BEBD203AD6; Tue, 9 Jul 2013 10:54:31 -0600 (MDT) Date: Tue, 9 Jul 2013 10:54:31 -0600 From: Joseph To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Subject: [gentoo-user] pop up windows with text message Message-ID: <20130709165430.GC24522@syscon7.inet> Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail X-BeenThere: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Reply-to: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.21 (2010-09-15) X-CSC: 0 X-CHA: v=1.1 cv=PS4a1ZPPfHGxmCLuYW6X3K4MFK1yFAvp+6lJCk/cOAw= c=1 sm=1 a=wom5GMh1gUkA:10 a=twgv4DOV1ykA:10 a=nDghuxUhq_wA:10 a=8nJEP1OIZ-IA:10 a=C3ZDv51cNVt4vJz/79I2xQ==:17 a=DpSK5MMvfs1OAHshP7QA:9 a=wPNLvfGTeEIA:10 a=C3ZDv51cNVt4vJz/79I2xQ==:117 X-CTCH-Spam: Unknown X-CTCH-RefID: str=0001.0A020203.51DC4049.00B8,ss=1,re=0.000,recu=0.000,reip=0.000,cl=1,cld=1,fgs=0 X-Archives-Salt: 04a7c64d-3b22-431d-9a0e-7826fa52e972 X-Archives-Hash: 64239b36472bec75646cbd9846960f70 How to design a sticky note pop-up when file is present? I would like to check if file is present via and open a terminal window with a simple message. I think a simple bash script and a cron job would do the trick or is there a better solution? I've tried cron + bash script cron: 32 10 * * * sh /home/joseph/xp_share/wall.sh wall.sh terminal wall file ready When I open terminal and type: "terminal" new windows pops up But if close all the terminals and run wall.sh script the terminal will not open. I get an error message: (terminal:24945): Gtk-WARNING **: cannot open display: -- Joseph