logging udev events at boot time

Adapted from Peter Rajnoha post:

  • create a special systemd unit to monitor udev during boot:
    cat > /etc/systemd/system/systemd-udev-monitor.service <<EOF
    [Unit]
    Description=udev Monitoring
    DefaultDependencies=no
    Wants=systemd-udevd.service
    After=systemd-udevd-control.socket systemd-udevd-kernel.socket
    Before=sysinit.target systemd-udev-trigger.service
    
    [Service]
    Type=simple
    ExecStart=/usr/bin/sh -c "/usr/sbin/udevadm monitor --udev --env > /udev_monitor.log"
    
    [Install]
    WantedBy=sysinit.target
    EOF
    
  • run systemctl daemon-reload
  • run systemctl enable systemd-udev-monitor.service
  • reboot
  • append “systemd.log_level=debug systemd.log_target=kmsg udev.log-priority=debug log_buf_len=8M” to kernel command line
  • collect the logs in /udev_monitor.log

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