On Wed, 31 May 2000, Phil Pearson wrote: > 0 6 * * 1-4 /usr/bin/xmms play /mnt/mp3 > doesnt seem to do much. If I type /usr/bin/xmms play /mnt/mp3 in bash, > xmms pops up, Most likely xmms is refusing to load because it can't find a $DISPLAY variable. Try creating a shell script that sets $DISPLAY and then runs xmms, and run that shell script from cron. - Matt