N00bs try cron on Arch EndeavourOS

[jojojojojoj5564656465465]

I don't understand why it doesn't work :

I do sudo crontab -e

It opens a blank nano page, then I fill the command

* * * * * alacritty

Nothing happen

[gnuhead-chieb]

Cron is not designed for running GUI applications.
You need to do workaround for running GUI application from cron jobs.

First, run echo $XAUTHORITY $DISPLAY on your session.
In my case, this outputs /run/user/1000/xauth_TeTWzm :1
This output result depends on your environment

In this case, you have to configure cron setting like this * * * * * XAUTHORITY=/run/user/1000/xauth_TeTWzm DISPLAY=:1 alacritty

[gnuhead-chieb]

Did you solve the problem?

[jojojojojoj5564656465465]

i did
sudo nano crontab -e and past

• • • • • XAUTHORITY=/run/user/1000/xauth_TeTWzm DISPLAY=:1 alacritty
• • • • • XAUTHORITY=/home/manjaro/.Xauthority DISPLAY=:0 alacritty
          Didn't work but i think it's because of arch

[gnuhead-chieb]

try without sudo

[jojojojojoj5564656465465]

I cannot write if i am wihout sudo

[gnuhead-chieb]

sudo crontab -e -u [username]

[jojojojojoj5564656465465]

i also did systemctl enable --now cronie.service after still not work

[jojojojojoj5564656465465]

Works but doesn't open my zsh terminal