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  • This should work as far as I can see. Why don't you add a &>>/tmp/crontest to the notify send line and see if notify-send gives any error messages. Commented Jan 27, 2014 at 19:28
  • Out of curiosity, did you try my solution? It seems much simpler and worked perfectly on my Debian. I'm asking just to know if it Debian specific or not Commented Jan 27, 2014 at 19:40
  • @terdon I tried your solution (just a quick test) and it seems to work on my Debian system. I'd like to know if it's generally applicable since it is indeed simpler. Commented Jan 27, 2014 at 19:48
  • @Marco I'm on LMDE (essentially Debian testing) and using Cinnamon as DE. Can't tell you if it works beyond those. Commented Jan 27, 2014 at 19:52
  • @Marco & terdon: Ubuntu guys are able to do so: ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=1727148 Commented Jan 27, 2014 at 19:53