The workaround turned out to be a textbook example of the modprobe "install" directive. Including here just in case I need to remember what I did ...
The solution hinges on the assumption that a particular group (in this case, admin) corresponds to the users who are granted privilege to run wmtuxtime et al. On a single-user laptop, of course, this is rarely a real issue. ** Attachment added: "/etc/modprobe.d/toshutils.local" http://librarian.launchpad.net/4373227/toshutils.local -- /dev/toshiba created chmod 660 root:root https://launchpad.net/bugs/57052 -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs