Newbie question: vncserver running on port :25, need to attach Perl script to this when it executes

[Adrian Phillips]

>>>>> "Rob" == Rob Newman <rlnewman at ucsd.edu> writes:

    Rob> I have a vnc server that I have got running on port
    Rob> localhost:25 via the command:

    Rob> vncserver.rt :25 -name "My Display" -geometry 1024x1000
    Rob> -localhost

<snip>

    Rob> I have a Perl script that I normally run from the X11 command
    Rob> line.  This outputs much information, then opens up three
    Rob> Ghostscript windows, creates some postscript image files,
    Rob> then converts them to pdf files using the Ghostscript command
    Rob> ps2pdf.

    Rob> I need this script to run via cron without me being logged
    Rob> in, hence why I thought Xvnc would be solution. However, I
    Rob> cannot seem to figure out how to force my script to attach to
    Rob> this port and run successfully.

First things first, are you running as the same user from cron ? If so
you could add "xauth list" to the script (after export DISPLAY) to see
what displays the script has access to.

Sincerely,

Adrian Phillips

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