I installed the ubuntu kernel 3.5.0-49-generic from repositories. Now dmesg | grep dvb gives:
[ 22.979573] dvb-usb: found a 'AVerMedia A309' in cold state, will try to load a firmware [ 23.647451] dvb-usb: downloading firmware from file 'dvb-usb-af9015.fw' [ 23.714971] dvb-usb: found a 'AVerMedia A309' in warm state. [ 23.715188] dvb-usb: will pass the complete MPEG2 transport stream to the software demuxer. [ 24.206459] dvb-usb: AVerMedia A309 successfully initialized and connected. [ 24.215501] usbcore: registered new interface driver dvb_usb_af9015 But the card still doesn't work. w_scan gives: w_scan version 20130331 (compiled for DVB API 5.10) guessing country 'IT', use -c <country> to override using settings for ITALY DVB aerial DVB-T Europe scan type TERRESTRIAL, channellist 4 output format vdr-2.0 output charset 'UTF-8', use -C <charset> to override Info: using DVB adapter auto detection. main:3228: FATAL: ***** NO USEABLE TERRESTRIAL CARD FOUND. ***** Please check wether dvb driver is loaded and verify that no dvb application (i.e. vdr) is running. Could someone help me investigate the problem? -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1313438 Title: dvb_usb_af9015: probe failed with error -5 To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux/+bug/1313438/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs