Comment 22 for bug 458444

@MarcRandolph & others. I've just tested on a fully patched but "clean" Lucid beta and I get the following error:

Apr 2 16:45:45 test-laptop kernel: [ 105.992119] usb 1-2: new high speed USB device using ehci_hcd and address 2
Apr 2 16:45:45 test-laptop kernel: [ 106.129562] usb 1-2: configuration #1 chosen from 1 choice
Apr 2 16:45:45 test-laptop kernel: [ 106.291874] af9015: tuner id:179 not supported, please report!
Apr 2 16:45:45 test-laptop kernel: [ 106.291936] usbcore: registered new interface driver dvb_usb_af9015
Apr 2 16:45:45 test-laptop kernel: [ 106.338251] usbcore: registered new interface driver hiddev
Apr 2 16:45:45 test-laptop kernel: [ 106.339243] usbcore: registered new interface driver usbhid
Apr 2 16:45:45 test-laptop kernel: [ 106.340619] usbhid: v2.6:USB HID core driver
Apr 2 16:48:41 test-laptop kernel: [ 282.288694] usb 1-2: USB disconnect, address 2
Apr 2 16:48:41 test-laptop kernel: [ 282.288883] dvb-usb: generic DVB-USB module successfully deinitialized and disconnected.

I followed the instructions to add the PPA, updated then ran
$ sudo apt-get upgrade linux-firmware-nonfree
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
The following packages have been kept back:
  parted udisks
0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 2 not upgraded.

Could someone please advise on how to test further?

Also, please see additional info about the af9015: tuner id:179 not supported problem

https://patchwork.kernel.org/patch/82493/
http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=606487&page=5 (and subsequent pages)