I am on Mint XFCE and Redshift is just so inconsistent and I have tried its forks, also inconsistent. So instead I have been using sct in the terminal to adjust the temperature, and have set a command that resets it back to normal every time that I log on. However, I was wondering if there is a way to make it so that “sct 2750” runs every day at 10 pm or during a specific period of time.

Edit: I figured out the solution which was to create a crontab with the following line in it: 0 22 * * * env DISPLAY=:0 XAUTHORITY=$HOME/.Xauthority /usr/bin/sct 2750

  • calm.like.a.bomb@lemmy.mlEnglish
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    1 year ago

    OK… So, just to test, edit your crontab and run a basic command:

    */1 * * * * date >> ~/date.log

    this will append the current date/time once a minute (*/1) to a file in your home dir. You can check if it works with cat ~/date.log

    If that works, then try again with your command. I see you used the full path to it, that’s a good thing. Also, what does that command do if you run it manually?

    To run the command at 10 PM every day, you should have it like this:

    0 22 * * * /usr/bin/sct 2750