Date: Sun, 9 Jul 2000 17:44:56 +0100 From: j mckitrick <jcm@FreeBSD-uk.eu.org> To: Ben Williams <williamsl@home.com> Cc: Dan Nelson <dnelson@emsphone.com>, questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: pop up notice for x Message-ID: <20000709174456.A68244@dogma.freebsd-uk.eu.org> In-Reply-To: <11282.000709@home.com>; from williamsl@home.com on Sun, Jul 09, 2000 at 06:46:51AM -0400 References: <20000706170053.A10074@dogma.freebsd-uk.eu.org> <11282.000709@home.com>
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On Sun, Jul 09, 2000 at 06:46:51AM -0400, Ben Williams wrote: > If you're using /bin/sh you might need to separate your 'export...' > line like this: > > DISPLAY=:0.0 > export DISPLAY > > I seem to recall the export <varname>[=<value>] is a bash > enhancement that is not present in all shells. Also how are you > running X? If by startx then you probably don't have any xauth issues > but if you're running from xdm you may need to man xauth. well, i sort of got it working, but now when the battery is low, the message pops up every few seconds. i might change the threshold so it only shows the message while the battery rating is equal to a certain level rahter than less than or equal to. apparently, it now works from a script and is able to show the window on X. jm -- ------------------------------------------------------------------- Jonathon McKitrick -- jcm@freebsd-uk.eu.org To Microsoft: "Your tyranny I was part of, is now cracking on every side. Now your own life is in danger. Your Empire is on fire." Front 242 ------------------------------------------------------------------- To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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