Re-tested it in saucy live. Works better than previous test : The device is detected after replug. With live CD, it is not detected during boot because linux-firmware-nonfree package is not installed by default.
[ 453.960379] usb 1-1.4: USB disconnect, device number 3 [ 455.760182] usb 1-1.4: new high-speed USB device number 6 using ehci-pci [ 455.857280] usb 1-1.4: New USB device found, idVendor=07ca, idProduct=a815 [ 455.857285] usb 1-1.4: New USB device strings: Mfr=1, Product=2, SerialNumber=3 [ 455.857288] usb 1-1.4: Product: A815 [ 455.857290] usb 1-1.4: Manufacturer: AVerMedia [ 455.857292] usb 1-1.4: SerialNumber: 301262900177000 [ 455.861018] usb 1-1.4: dvb_usb_v2: found a 'AVerMedia AVerTV DVB-T Volar X' in cold state [ 455.861209] usb 1-1.4: dvb_usb_v2: downloading firmware from file 'dvb-usb-af9015.fw' [ 455.861637] input: AVerMedia A815 as /devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:1a.0/usb1/1-1/1-1.4/1-1.4:1.1/input/input12 [ 455.861949] hid-generic 0003:07CA:A815.0005: input,hidraw0: USB HID v1.01 Keyboard [AVerMedia A815] on usb-0000:00:1a.0-1.4/input1 [ 455.932471] usb 1-1.4: dvb_usb_v2: found a 'AVerMedia AVerTV DVB-T Volar X' in warm state [ 456.328041] usb 1-1.4: dvb_usb_v2: will pass the complete MPEG2 transport stream to the software demuxer [ 456.328073] DVB: registering new adapter (AVerMedia AVerTV DVB-T Volar X) [ 458.480749] i2c i2c-8: af9013: firmware version 4.95.0.0 [ 458.483739] usb 1-1.4: DVB: registering adapter 0 frontend 0 (Afatech AF9013)... [ 458.646792] MXL5005S: Attached at address 0xc6 [ 458.744571] Registered IR keymap rc-avermedia-m135a [ 458.744672] input: AVerMedia AVerTV DVB-T Volar X as /devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:1a.0/usb1/1-1/1-1.4/rc/rc0/input13 [ 458.744814] rc0: AVerMedia AVerTV DVB-T Volar X as /devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:1a.0/usb1/1-1/1-1.4/rc/rc0 [ 458.744821] usb 1-1.4: dvb_usb_v2: schedule remote query interval to 500 msecs [ 458.744826] usb 1-1.4: dvb_usb_v2: 'AVerMedia AVerTV DVB-T Volar X' successfully initialized and connected -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/998360 Title: af9015: random detection issue To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux/+bug/998360/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs