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Posted: Nov. 14 2004,05:17 QUOTE
kennyfung, look at the mydsl repository for dsl-dpkg.dsl and gnu-utils.dsl.  Load them with the mydsl button in emelfm.

Then get cron from the debian website (www.debian.org) cron page.  hit the i386 button to download it.

no need to build it, after you download the file, load it with dpkg -i cron_3.0pl1-86_i386.deb (where cronxxxxxx.deb it the file name).
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Posted: Nov. 16 2004,04:38 QUOTE
Hi clacker,
             Thank for your help! I followed your step to install the cron. After I built the Damnsmall to LiveCD, I tried to run the adduser.sh and /etc/init.d/cron start. The cron was successfully to run (using the ps -ax). I saw the message that "376 ? s 0:00 /usr/sbin/cron." I typed the command  export VISUAL=scite". There was no error. Next, I used the "crontab -e". The following error message showed on the screen:
no crontab for root -using an empty one.

Gtk-warning** :  cannot open display.
crontab: "scite exited with status 1 "

I boot up the DSL with level 2. I may not use the windows mode editor. How can I solve the problem ? Can you give me any suggestion. Thanks!
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Posted: Nov. 16 2004,18:17 QUOTE
kennyfung,  try export VISUAL=vi or export VISUAL=zile

vi and zile are two text editors that don't require X windows.

You shouldn't have to run addusers.sh or cron to start cron if you added it to the liveCD.  Try restarting and checking before you do anything with ps -ax
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Posted: Nov. 17 2004,02:31 QUOTE
Hi clacker,
             Thank for your help. Now, I am successfully to run the cron.
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