In which log should I check for udev errors?

Question

I've written a udev rule which is run each time my device is mounted/dismounted.

However, in which Linux (Debian) error log should I check when debugging such rules?

Solution 1

You can change logging priority to "info" level or even "debug" by:

udevadm control --log-priority=info

Then you should see all logs in your system log. If you don't, then rsyslogd may not be configured to read kernel logs and you may still view the kernel logs using dmesg.

When you are done, bring it to default "err". See in /etc/udev/udev.conf what is your default logging level.

Solution 2

unbuffer udevadm monitor --environment The use of unbuffer is optional, but when piping output to grep saves you a headache. By default output is buffered in 4k blocks, nothing will be printed until that buffer is full.

You didn't forget to reload the rules? sudo udevadm control --reload

Comments

[enzotib]

Should be noted that unbuffer is not installed by default on Debian.

[jippie]

That's correct, it is in the expect-dev package. It can be installed by sudo apt-get install expect-dev un Debian/Ubuntu.

[silvernightstar]

I am confused why there are two points of configuration for logging priority. Care to explain how udevadm control --log-priority=info is different from setting udev_log="err" in /etc/udev/udev.conf? Thanks

[boycy]

The udevadmmethod is to change the logging priority of the running udevd; udev.conf is for permanently changing it.