libinput-list-devices(1)

📦
version 1.32.0 · 12 versions
, in arch rolling

💖 libinput-list-devices(1) 💖

okay bestie, welcome to the libinput Manual page for libinput-list-devices(1) — it’s giving “list local devices as recognized by libinput and default values of their configuration” realness, and honestly? iconic. 🎀

🦋 NAME 🦋

libinput-list-devices — lists local devices as recognized by libinput, plus the default values of their configuration. no cap, that’s the whole vibe. ✨

🌸 SYNOPSIS 🌸

libinput list-devices [--help]

libinput list-devices /dev/input/event0 [/dev/input/event1...]

💅 DESCRIPTION 💅

The libinput list-devices tool creates a libinput context on the default seat "seat0" and lists the devices that libinput recognizes. Each device shows the available configurations and the respective default configuration setting. slay. 🫶

For options that allow more settings than enabled/disabled, all available ones are listed. The default setting is prefixed by an asterisk (*). the asterisk is literally the main character of that line. ⭐

If one or more event node paths are given, only those devices are listed. By default, all devices recognized by libinput are listed. filtering? we love a selective queen. 💅

This tool usually needs to be run as root to have access to the /dev/input/eventX nodes. root access is the VIP pass here, bestie. 🔑

✨ OPTIONS ✨

  • --help — Print help. short, sweet, helpful. 🍓
  • --verbose — Use verbose output. yes, it’s gonna yap more. 💬

🧚 NOTES 🧚

libinput-list-devices only lists available configuration options for a feature. In some cases a device may support a specific feature but does not expose configuration for it — e.g. when using the device without that particular feature does not make sense. so if an option is missing, don’t immediately spiral. 😭 A lack of a configuration option thus does not necessarily mean that this feature does not work.

A device may be recognized by libinput but not handled by the X.Org libinput driver or the Wayland compositor. recognized ≠ automatically handled, iykyk. 🦋

An xorg.conf(5) configuration entry or Wayland compositor setting may have changed configurations on a device. The libinput list-devices tool only shows the device’s default configuration, not the current configuration. important!! default config is not the same as current config — do not confuse the two, bestie. 💀

👑 LIBINPUT 👑

Part of the libinput(1) suite. family reunion, but make it Unix. 🌈

mwah 💋 — this page is brought to you by libinput 1.32.0 from the libinput Manual. the footer’s date spot is not listed, so no invented date here — just the version, bestie 🫶🎀

📦 where this page comes from