cmd-button Help

[mdSlash]

While cmd-button works well with built-in shell commands, I'm encountering errors when trying to run external commands. For instance, when attempting to manage my window manager keys using KMonad with commands like:

focus_left  (cmd-button "qtile cmd-obj -o layout -f left")
focus_up    (cmd-button "qtile cmd-obj -o layout -f up")
focus_right (cmd-button "qtile cmd-obj -o layout -f right")
focus_down  (cmd-button "qtile cmd-obj -o layout -f down")

I'm facing issues and receiving error logs. Any suggestions on how to resolve this?

[mdSlash]

There were two issues that I didn't realize initially:

• The first one was that all commands running through KMonad were executed with sudo, so I found this solution useful by adding sudo -u <user-name> before the command.
• The second issue was setting the X11 display for graphical applications, and I resolved it by adding DISPLAY=:0 before the command or Environment=DISPLAY=:0 to the kmonad.service file.

What I don't know is if the solution is considered good practice or not, but it works fine for me.