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PROGRAM:

NAME


evtest - Input device event monitor and query tool

SYNOPSIS


evtest [--grab] /dev/input/eventX

evtest --query /dev/input/eventX <type> <value>

DESCRIPTION


The first invocation type displayed above ("capture mode") causes evtest to display
information about the specified input device, including all the events supported by the
device. It then monitors the device and displays all the events layer events generated.

If the --grab flag is given in capture mode, evtest keeps an EVIOCGRAB on the device.
While this grab is active, other processes will not receive events from the kernel
devices. The grab is released again when evtest quits.

In the second invocation type ("query mode"), evtest performs a one-shot query of the
state of a specific key value of an event type.

type is one of: EV_KEY, EV_SW, EV_SND, EV_LED (or the numerical value)

value can be either a decimal representation (e.g. 44), hex (e.g. 0x2c), or the constant
name (e.g. KEY_Z) of the key/switch/sound/LED being queried.

If the state bit is set (key pressed, switch on, ...), evtest exits with code 10. If the
state bit is unset (key depressed, switch off, ...), evtest exits with code 0. No other
output is generated.

evtest needs to be able to read from the device; in most cases this means it must be run
as root.

evtest is commonly used to debug issues with input devices in X.Org. The output of evtest
shows the information presented by the kernel; based on this information it can be
determined whether a bug may be a kernel or an X.Org issue.

DIAGNOSTICS


If evtest does not show any events even though the device is being used, the device may be
grabbed by a process (EVIOCGRAB). This is usually the case when debugging a synaptics
device from within X. VT switching to a TTY or shutting down the X server terminates this
grab and synaptics devices can be debugged.

The following command shows the processes with an open file descriptor on the device:

fuser -v /dev/input/eventX

EXIT CODE


evtest returns 1 on error.

When used to query state, evtest returns 0 if the state bit is unset and 10 if the state
bit is set.

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