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[Anders <andersja+launchpad.net@xxxxxxxxx>]

Broken package in the PPA?

$ sudo apt-get install linux-firmware-nonfree
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree       
Reading state information... Done
The following NEW packages will be installed
  linux-firmware-nonfree
0 upgraded, 1 newly installed, 0 to remove and 2 not upgraded.
Need to get 1,517kB of archives.
After this operation, 2,953kB of additional disk space will be used.
Get: 1 http://ppa.launchpad.net/chasedouglas/linux-firmware-nonfree/ubuntu/ lucid/main linux-firmware-nonfree 1.8~ppa1 [1,517kB]
Fetched 1,517kB in 2s (631kB/s)                   
Selecting previously deselected package linux-firmware-nonfree.
(Reading database ... 176524 files and directories currently installed.)
Unpacking linux-firmware-nonfree (from .../linux-firmware-nonfree_1.8~ppa1_all.deb) ...
dpkg: error processing /var/cache/apt/archives/linux-firmware-nonfree_1.8~ppa1_all.deb (--unpack):
 trying to overwrite '/lib/firmware/v4l-cx23885-enc.fw', which is also in package linux-firmware 0:1.33
E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)


** Changed in: linux-firmware-nonfree (Ubuntu)
       Status: Incomplete => Confirmed

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dvb-usb-af9015 should be updated to the latest version to resolve some issues
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/458444
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Status in “linux-firmware-nonfree” package in Ubuntu: Confirmed

Bug description:
Binary package hint: linux-firmware-nonfree

The firmware that comes for af9015 is not the latest version and it has an issue that blasts dmesg with this two error messages:
af9015: command failed:255
dvb-usb: error while querying for an remote control event.

The latest firmware version 0.95 solves this issue:
http://www.otit.fi/~crope/v4l-dvb/af9015/af9015_firmware_cutter/firmware_files/4.95.0/