---
name: "libinput-debug-tablet"
section: "1"
platform: "linux"
package: "libinput-tools"
version: "1.32.0-1"
release: "Arch Linux 2026-11-01"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/libinput-debug-tablet"
---

# libinput-debug-tablet(1)

debug and visualize tablet axes

## NAME

libinput-debug-tablet - debug and visualize tablet axes

## SYNOPSIS

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

## 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

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**

  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

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