Realtek RTL2832 DVB-T adapter not working

I have connected my RTL2832 DVB-T adapter to my Vero 4K. However, the device does not appear in Tvheadend.

dmesg log:

[ 6071.759932] usb 1-1: new high-speed USB device number 7 using xhci-hcd
[ 6071.911295] usb 1-1: New USB device found, idVendor=0bda, idProduct=2838
[ 6071.911308] usb 1-1: New USB device strings: Mfr=1, Product=2, SerialNumber=3
[ 6071.911313] usb 1-1: Product: RTL2838UHIDIR
[ 6071.911319] usb 1-1: Manufacturer: Realtek
[ 6071.911323] usb 1-1: SerialNumber: 00000001
[ 6071.918195] usb 1-1: dvb_usb_v2: found a 'Realtek RTL2832U reference design' in warm state
[ 6071.972064] usb 1-1: dvb_usb_v2: will pass the complete MPEG2 transport stream to the software demuxer
[ 6071.972130] dvbdev: DVB: registering new adapter (Realtek RTL2832U reference design)
[ 6071.972153] usb 1-1: media controller created
[ 6071.974548] dvbdev: dvb_create_media_entity: media entity 'dvb-demux' registered.
[ 6071.982785] i2c i2c-1: Added multiplexed i2c bus 2
[ 6071.982813] rtl2832 1-0010: Realtek RTL2832 successfully attached
[ 6071.982857] usb 1-1: DVB: registering adapter 0 frontend 0 (Realtek RTL2832 (DVB-T))...
[ 6071.982893] dvbdev: dvb_create_media_entity: media entity 'Realtek RTL2832 (DVB-T)' registered.
[ 6071.983166] r820t 2-001a: creating new instance
[ 6071.991901] r820t 2-001a: Rafael Micro r820t successfully identified
[ 6071.997149] rtl2832_sdr rtl2832_sdr.1.auto: Registered as swradio0
[ 6071.997174] rtl2832_sdr rtl2832_sdr.1.auto: Realtek RTL2832 SDR attached
[ 6071.997190] rtl2832_sdr rtl2832_sdr.1.auto: SDR API is still slightly experimental and functionality changes may follow
[ 6072.019359] r820t 2-001a: destroying instance
[ 6072.021103] rtl2832 1-0010: i2c reg read failed -11 reg 01
[ 6072.021951] dvb_usb_rtl28xxu: probe of 1-1:1.0 failed with error -22

What should I do to get the DVB-T adapter working please?

Not all DVB dongles are working at this time; pretty much only Sundtek.
But it’s being worked on.

For now: it’s best to run the TVHeadend server on a different device.

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