On Tue, 2010-02-02 at 14:57 -0600, Frank Cox wrote: > On Tue, 2010-02-02 at 21:47 +0100, Niki Kovacs wrote: > > Is there > > a way I can display a message in GNOME at 22:15 warning the user that > > the machine will shutdown in 15 minutes ? > > kalarm On second thought, a bash file calling zenity in a cronjob will be better. You can have zenity show any message you want in a window on the desktop and the only option available in that window can be "ok". kalarm would allow the user to change the alarm, and that's not what you want. > -- MELVILLE THEATRE ~ Melville Sask ~ http://www.melvilletheatre.com