I can now see that the dmesg command - starting with Ubuntu 21.10 - is NOT meant to work for the users in "adm" group. It is now meant to be run as admin or with sudo. This is a security decision. Described in here: https://ruffell.nz/programming/writeups/2020/10/24/getting-dmesg-restrict-enabled-in-ubuntu-groovy.html
-- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Touch seeded packages, which is subscribed to util-linux in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1952353 Title: dmesg: read kernel buffer failed: Operation not permitted Status in util-linux package in Ubuntu: Invalid Bug description: Run /bin/dmesg, get: dmesg: read kernel buffer failed: Operation not permitted sudo dmesg works, but I should not have to do that. ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 21.10 Package: util-linux 2.36.1-8ubuntu2 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 5.13.0-21.21-generic 5.13.18 Uname: Linux 5.13.0-21-generic x86_64 NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia_modeset nvidia ApportVersion: 2.20.11-0ubuntu71 Architecture: amd64 CasperMD5CheckResult: unknown CurrentDesktop: XFCE Date: Thu Nov 25 11:13:58 2021 ProcEnviron: LANGUAGE=en_US TERM=xterm-256color PATH=(custom, no user) XDG_RUNTIME_DIR=<set> SHELL=/bin/tcsh SourcePackage: util-linux UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to impish on 2021-11-21 (3 days ago) To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/util-linux/+bug/1952353/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~touch-packages Post to : touch-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~touch-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
