The "libinput test-suite" command runs the libinput test suite. Its primary purpose is to verify distribution composes after package updates. Test suite failures usually indicate missing patches and/or incompatible lower system layers.
The test suite should not be run by users. Data loss is possible.
The test suite must be run as root. The test suite installs several files on the host system (see section FILES), runs system commands and creates virtual kernel devices via uinput. These devices will interfere with any active session and may cause data loss.
It is recommended that the test suite is run in a virtual machine and/or on a system not otherwise in use. A graphical environment is not required to run the test suite.
8 --filter-test "testname" A glob limiting the tests to run. Specifying a filter sets the --jobs default to 1.
8 --filter-device "devicename" A glob limiting the devices to run tests for. Specifying a filter sets the --jobs default to 1.
8 --filter-group "groupname" A glob limiting the tests to (arbitrarily named) groups. Specifying a filter sets the --jobs default to 1.
8 --filter-deviceless FOR INTERNAL USE ONLY
8 -h, --help Print help
8 -j, --jobs 8 Number of parallel processes to run. Default: 8.
8 --list List all test cases and the devices they are run for. Test names, test device names and test group names may change at any time.
8 --verbose Enable verbose output, including libinput debug messages.
8 @LIBINPUT_DATA_DIR@ Test device-specific quirks are installed in this directory with a custom prefix. Files in this directory are untouched but new files are installed and removed on exit. Existing files (e.g. from a previous aborted run) with the same name will be silently overwritten and removed.
8 /run/udev/rules.d Test-specific udev rules are installed in this directory and removed on exit.
"Section ""InputClass"" " Identifier ""Ignore libinput test suite devices"" " MatchProduct ""litest"" " Option ""Ignore"" ""on"" "EndSection"
No configuration is required for Wayland compositors. libinput's default mode will ignore test devices from this test suite.