Well, it seems the discussion confirms this bug anyway, but since I just experienced it as well, I'll add my vote. brltty grabs the connection and removes the raw serial device, and so obviously removing brltty fixed it.
** Changed in: brltty (Ubuntu)
Status: Unconfirmed => Confirmed
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Arduino detected as braille device
https://launchpad.net/bugs/84139
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