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[Peter Lesterhuis]

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>I want to start an app at a certain time, say 2 hours from now. For
>> instance xmms, oowriter or mplayer. I can't make this happen when I use
>> "at".
>> When I type a shell-command like "cp" using "at", then it works.
>> In the documentation I cannot find any limitations of launching apps
>> with "at". Is it an authorization problem (launching x-based apps?).
>> On the other hand mplayer won't start either.
>> I'm aware this is not a typical question for this list, but I don know
>> where else to put my question.
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>Peter,
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>Please, tell us how do you issue the AT command to run mplayer.
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>(I can run mplayer and openoffice with AT.)
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This is the command I issue:
$ at now + 2 minutes
at> mplayer http://livemedia.omroep.nl/radio4-breed?MSWMExt=.asf
Peter.