Yes. I booted Xbuntu from a thumbdrive and I got this:
xubuntu@xubuntu:~$ lsblk
NAME MAJ:MIN RM SIZE RO TYPE MOUNTPOINT
sdb 8:16 1 7.5G 0 disk /cdrom
└─sdb1 8:17 1 1.2G 0 part
loop0 7:0 0 1.2G 1 loop /rofs
sda 8:0 0 55.9G 0 disk
├─sda2 8:2 0 1K 0 part
├─sda5 8:5 0 55.4G 0 part
└─sda1 8:1 0 487M 0 part
xubuntu@xubuntu:~$ pvdisplay
WARNING: Running as a non-root user. Functionality may be unavailable.
/run/lvm/lvmetad.socket: connect failed: Permission denied
WARNING: Failed to connect to lvmetad. Falling back to internal scanning.
/run/lock/lvm/P_global:aux: open failed: Permission denied
Unable to obtain global lock.
xubuntu@xubuntu:~$ vgdisplay
WARNING: Running as a non-root user. Functionality may be unavailable.
/run/lvm/lvmetad.socket: connect failed: Permission denied
WARNING: Failed to connect to lvmetad. Falling back to internal scanning.
xubuntu@xubuntu:~$
