Regression: DVB-T stick stopped working

[Stephan Diestelhorst]

With the update to 2.6.31-14-generic (from 2.6.31-13-generic) my AverMedia Volar DVB-T USB stick stopped working.
It is not found when plugged in.

Differing dmesg's output:
~$ uname -r
2.6.31-14-generic
~$ dmesg|grep dvb
<empty>
~$

Old kernel:~$
grep dvb /var/log/dmesg.0
[ 60.605510] dvb-usb: found a 'AVerMedia AVerTV DVB-T Volar' in cold state, will try to load a firmware
[ 60.605529] usb 1-2: firmware: requesting dvb-usb-dib0700-1.20.fw
[ 61.425938] dvb-usb: downloading firmware from file 'dvb-usb-dib0700-1.20.fw'
[ 62.160203] dvb-usb: found a 'AVerMedia AVerTV DVB-T Volar' in warm state.
[ 62.160337] dvb-usb: will pass the complete MPEG2 transport stream to the software demuxer.
[ 63.311874] dvb-usb: schedule remote query interval to 50 msecs.
[ 63.311885] dvb-usb: AVerMedia AVerTV DVB-T Volar successfully initialized and connected.
[ 63.312263] usbcore: registered new interface driver dvb_usb_dib0700

ii linux-firmware 1.24 Firmware for Linux kernel drivers
ii linux-image-2.6.31-13-generic 2.6.31-13.44 Linux kernel image for version 2.6.31 on x86
ii linux-image-2.6.31-14-generic 2.6.31-14.48 Linux kernel image for version 2.6.31 on x86

ProblemType: Bug
AplayDevices:
 **** List of PLAYBACK Hardware Devices ****
 card 0: Intel [HDA Intel], device 0: ALC1200 Analog [ALC1200 Analog]
   Subdevices: 1/1
   Subdevice #0: subdevice #0
Architecture: i386
AudioDevicesInUse:
 USER PID ACCESS COMMAND
 /dev/snd/controlC0: syon 2271 F.... kmix
CRDA: Error: [Errno 2] No such file or directory
Card0.Amixer.info:
 Card hw:0 'Intel'/'HDA Intel at 0xffe00000 irq 16'
   Mixer name : 'Realtek ALC1200'
   Components : 'HDA:10ec0888,14620110,00100101'
   Controls : 22
   Simple ctrls : 14
Date: Sun Oct 18 23:37:05 2009
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 9.10
HibernationDevice: RESUME=UUID=152e3b89-4d51-4c86-999a-28f8c77448c6
MachineType: MICRO-STAR INTERNATIONAL CO., LTD U90/U100
Package: linux-image-2.6.31-14-generic 2.6.31-14.48
ProcCmdLine: root=/dev/mapper/vg_hdd-root ro quiet splash
ProcEnviron:
 LANGUAGE=de_DE:de:en_GB:en
 PATH=(custom, user)
 LANG=de_DE.UTF-8
 SHELL=/bin/bash
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.31-14.48-generic
RelatedPackageVersions:
 linux-backports-modules-2.6.31-14-generic N/A
 linux-firmware 1.24
RfKill:

SourcePackage: linux
Uname: Linux 2.6.31-14-generic i686
WpaSupplicantLog:

XsessionErrors: (polkit-gnome-authentication-agent-1:2305): GLib-CRITICAL **: g_once_init_leave: assertion `initialization_value != 0' failed
dmi.bios.date: 05/21/2009
dmi.bios.vendor: American Megatrends Inc.
dmi.bios.version: 4.6.3
dmi.board.asset.tag: To be filled by O.E.M.
dmi.board.name: U90/U100
dmi.board.vendor: MICRO-STAR INTERNATIONAL CO., LTD
dmi.board.version: Ver.001
dmi.chassis.asset.tag: To Be Filled By O.E.M.
dmi.chassis.type: 3
dmi.chassis.vendor: MICRO-STAR INTERNATIONAL CO., LTD
dmi.chassis.version: Ver.001
dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnAmericanMegatrendsInc.:bvr4.6.3:bd05/21/2009:svnMICRO-STARINTERNATIONALCO.,LTD:pnU90/U100:pvrVer.001:rvnMICRO-STARINTERNATIONALCO.,LTD:rnU90/U100:rvrVer.001:cvnMICRO-STARINTERNATIONALCO.,LTD:ct3:cvrVer.001:
dmi.product.name: U90/U100
dmi.product.version: Ver.001
dmi.sys.vendor: MICRO-STAR INTERNATIONAL CO., LTD

[Stephan Diestelhorst (syon)]

This is caused by Bug 435352. Closing.