Trying to run a python script from ubuntu crontab

Question

Hey I am running into an issue when trying to run a cron job with a python script from ubuntu. This is what I have done:

1.) Wrote a simple tkinter app: source for

Answer 1

In linux mint 17 I had to do the following:

Make the scripts executable
~$chmod +x script.py

You have to enable X ACL for localhost to connect to for GUI applications to work
~$ xhost +local:

Add the following line in the crontab "env DISPLAY=:0.0"
* * * * * env DISPLAY=:0.0 /usr/bin/python /your-script-somewhere.py

And one more line to crontab ">/dev/null 2>&1"
* * * * * env DISPLAY=:0.0 /usr/bin/python /your-script-somewhere.py >/dev/null 2>&1

you can check errors in /var/log/syslog file
~$ tail -20 /var/log/syslog

more info:
https://help.ubuntu.com/community/CronHowto