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dmesg

command to determine ports of a device (like /dev/ttyUSB0)

August 10, 2022 by Magenaut

I have a question regarding the ports in Linux. If I connect my device via USB and want to check its port I can’t do it using the command lsusb, which only specifies bus number and device number on this bus:

Categories Q&A, Unix & Linux Tags dmesg, serial-port, usb Leave a comment

dmesg: read kernel buffer failed: Permission denied

August 7, 2022 by Magenaut

Since recently Debian has changed the default behavior for dmesg and I cannot use it simply from my local user.

Categories Q&A, Unix & Linux Tags debian, dmesg, linux, sysctl Leave a comment

Why is dmesg called dmesg?

August 6, 2022 by Magenaut

Is there any explanation/history behind the name of the command dmesg (which prints out some kernel messages)?

Categories Q&A, Unix & Linux Tags command, dmesg, history Leave a comment
  1. michealSmith07 on Is there a way to dynamically refresh the less command?August 21, 2022

    That is a very nice post. I like this post.

  2. anonymous on Fix libwacom9 dependency issue when upgrade DebianJune 27, 2022

    saved my day!! Thanks for the help…

  3. sreedhar on Fix libwacom9 dependency issue when upgrade DebianMay 10, 2022

    Thanks its working

  4. saintnick on Fix libwacom9 dependency issue when upgrade DebianMay 10, 2022

    remove libwacom2 worked for me as well

  5. ranafoul on Fix libwacom9 dependency issue when upgrade DebianApril 22, 2022

    apt remove libwacom2 helped on kali 2022.01. gr8

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