root@Taomon:/home/alex# udevadm monitor monitor will print the received events for: UDEV - the event which udev sends out after rule processing KERNEL - the kernel uevent KERNEL[11208.663450] add /devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:1a.1/usb2/2-2 (usb) KERNEL[11208.666363] add /devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:1a.1/usb2/2-2/2-2:1.0 (usb) KERNEL[11208.687840] add /devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:1a.1/usb2/2-2/2-2:1.0/0003:11FF:3341.0003 (hid) KERNEL[11208.692357] add /devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:1a.1/usb2/2-2/2-2:1.0/0003:11FF:3341.0003/input/input26 (input) KERNEL[11208.692719] add /devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:1a.1/usb2/2-2/2-2:1.0/0003:11FF:3341.0003/input/input26/event18 (input) KERNEL[11208.692965] add /devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:1a.1/usb2/2-2/2-2:1.0/0003:11FF:3341.0003/input/input26/js1 (input) KERNEL[11208.693166] add /devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:1a.1/usb2/2-2/2-2:1.0/0003:11FF:3341.0003/hidraw/hidraw1 (hidraw) UDEV [11208.717776] add /devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:1a.1/usb2/2-2 (usb) UDEV [11208.718901] add /devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:1a.1/usb2/2-2/2-2:1.0 (usb) UDEV [11208.719674] add /devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:1a.1/usb2/2-2/2-2:1.0/0003:11FF:3341.0003 (hid) UDEV [11208.720999] add /devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:1a.1/usb2/2-2/2-2:1.0/0003:11FF:3341.0003/input/input26 (input) UDEV [11208.721034] add /devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:1a.1/usb2/2-2/2-2:1.0/0003:11FF:3341.0003/hidraw/hidraw1 (hidraw) UDEV [11208.722728] add /devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:1a.1/usb2/2-2/2-2:1.0/0003:11FF:3341.0003/input/input26/event18 (input) UDEV [11208.726981] add /devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:1a.1/usb2/2-2/2-2:1.0/0003:11FF:3341.0003/input/input26/js1 (input) root@Taomon:/home/alex# udevadm test-builtin input_id /sys/class/input/js0 calling: test-builtin load module index Network interface NamePolicy= disabled on kernel commandline, ignoring. timestamp of '/etc/systemd/network' changed timestamp of '/lib/systemd/network' changed Parsed configuration file /lib/systemd/network/99-default.link Created link configuration context. ID_INPUT=1 capabilities/ev raw kernel attribute: 9 capabilities/ev decoded bit map: bit 0: 0000000000000009 capabilities/abs raw kernel attribute: 7 capabilities/abs decoded bit map: bit 0: 0000000000000007 capabilities/rel raw kernel attribute: 0 capabilities/rel decoded bit map: capabilities/key raw kernel attribute: 0 capabilities/key decoded bit map: ID_INPUT_ACCELEROMETER=1 test_key: no EV_KEY capability unload module index Unloaded link configuration context. root@Taomon:/home/alex# udevadm test-builtin input_id /sys/class/input/js1 calling: test-builtin load module index Network interface NamePolicy= disabled on kernel commandline, ignoring. timestamp of '/etc/systemd/network' changed timestamp of '/lib/systemd/network' changed Parsed configuration file /lib/systemd/network/99-default.link Created link configuration context. ID_INPUT=1 capabilities/ev raw kernel attribute: 1b capabilities/ev decoded bit map: bit 0: 000000000000001B capabilities/abs raw kernel attribute: 30027 capabilities/abs decoded bit map: bit 0: 0000000000030027 capabilities/rel raw kernel attribute: 0 capabilities/rel decoded bit map: capabilities/key raw kernel attribute: fff00000000 0 0 0 0 capabilities/key decoded bit map: bit 0: 0000000000000000 bit 64: 0000000000000000 bit 128: 0000000000000000 bit 192: 0000000000000000 bit 256: 00000FFF00000000 ID_INPUT_JOYSTICK=1 test_key: checking bit block 0 for any keys; found=0 test_key: checking bit block 64 for any keys; found=0 test_key: checking bit block 128 for any keys; found=0 test_key: checking bit block 192 for any keys; found=0 unload module index Unloaded link configuration context.