libinput-debug-tablet(1) General Commands Manual libinput-debug-tablet(1)

# [NAME](#NAME)

libinput-debug-tablet - debug and visualize tablet axes

# [SYNOPSIS](#SYNOPSIS)

**libinput debug-tablet \[--help] \[options] \[*/dev/input/event0]***

# [DESCRIPTION](#DESCRIPTION)

The **libinput debug-tablet** tool debugs the values of the various axes on a tablet. This is an interactive tool. When executed, the tool will prompt the user to interact with the tablet and display the current value on each available axis.

This is a debugging tool only, its output may change at any time. Do not rely on the output.

This tool usually needs to be run as root to have access to the /dev/input/eventX nodes.

# [OPTIONS](#OPTIONS)

If a device node is given, this tool opens that device node. Otherwise, this tool searches for the first node that looks like a tablet and uses that node.

[**--help**](#help)

Print help

Events shown by this tool may not correspond to the events seen by a different user of libinput. This tool initializes a separate context.

# [LIBINPUT](#LIBINPUT)

Part of the [**libinput(1)**](/man/os/libinput/libinput.1) suite

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Document: libinput-debug-tablet(1) from libinput 1.32.0-r0 (Chainguard OS)
Source: https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/libinput/libinput