I have been banging my head against the wall trying to get plex running as a service on my machine. I installed plex server via command line and everytime i stry to start the service it immediately fails. I have scoured the internet the last couple of days but most of what i have found is around 10 years old.
Things I've tried:
- Fixing locale
- fixing user permissions
- reinstalling
- verifying binaries
- verifying systemd service files
- more reinstalling
- verifying apt keys
- running as different user
- running manually through su plex account
Nothing seems to stick. Hoping this community can help. Here are some logs:
Nov 25 18:46:01 LCARS sudo[7403]: tyler : TTY=pts/1 ; PWD=/home/tyler ; USER=root ; COMMAND=/usr/bin/snap install plexmediaserver
Nov 26 09:50:50 LCARS systemd[1677]: Started app-gnome-plexmediaserver_pms\x2dweb-22767.scope - Application launched by gnome-shell.
Nov 26 09:50:50 LCARS systemd[1677]: Started snap.plexmediaserver.pms-web-b400370b-bb5c-4bd4-a43f-031425023fe3.scope.
Dec 11 12:35:55 LCARS systemd[1952]: Started app-gnome-plexmediaserver_pms\x2dweb-3359.scope - Application launched by gnome-shell.
Dec 11 12:35:55 LCARS systemd[1952]: Started snap.plexmediaserver.pms-web-b7f77156-42ad-41fe-84b1-6790140cc970.scope.
Dec 11 13:16:32 LCARS /usr/libexec/gdm-x-session[4959]: execAction "/var/lib/snapd/desktop/applications/plexmediaserver_pms-web.desktop"
Dec 11 13:16:32 LCARS systemd[4614]: Started snap.plexmediaserver.pms-web-5fa9804c-3e03-4edd-9fcf-ac8b76baa1a9.scope.
Feb 18 17:05:13 LCARS systemd[2429]: Started app-gnome-plexmediaserver_pms\x2dweb-3609.scope - Application launched by gnome-shell.
Feb 18 17:05:14 LCARS systemd[2429]: Started snap.plexmediaserver.pms-web-33567ba1-285b-48bb-991c-5846d4a8daad.scope.
Feb 19 10:26:16 LCARS systemd[1965]: Started app-gnome-plexmediaserver_pms\x2dweb-2858.scope - Application launched by gnome-shell.
Feb 19 10:26:16 LCARS systemd[1965]: Started snap.plexmediaserver.pms-web-06369305-e5f6-4624-8e5d-1034734fdc08.scope.
Feb 19 10:31:23 LCARS systemd[1965]: Started app-gnome-plexmediaserver_pms\x2dweb-4455.scope - Application launched by gnome-shell.
Feb 19 10:31:23 LCARS systemd[1965]: Started snap.plexmediaserver.pms-web-8320fc0b-ceed-498f-867a-8906e79693d9.scope.
Mar 12 20:01:59 LCARS systemd[1989]: Started app-gnome-plexmediaserver_pms\x2dweb-3607.scope - Application launched by gnome-shell.
Mar 12 20:02:00 LCARS systemd[1989]: Started snap.plexmediaserver.pms-web-c7730cb0-5265-4aea-b26a-db0d47fc3226.scope.
Mar 19 20:30:33 LCARS systemd[1985]: Started app-gnome-plexmediaserver_pms\x2dweb-3404.scope - Application launched by gnome-shell.
Mar 19 20:30:34 LCARS systemd[1985]: Started snap.plexmediaserver.pms-web-d29dbe22-3fd9-42cc-bc83-08d2f3210f77.scope.
Mar 19 20:40:44 LCARS systemd[1985]: Started app-gnome-plexmediaserver_pms\x2dweb-4520.scope - Application launched by gnome-shell.
Mar 19 20:40:44 LCARS systemd[1985]: Started snap.plexmediaserver.pms-web-e303047b-a3af-4c0a-8b63-05a31ea87135.scope.
Apr 24 13:26:57 LCARS systemd[2381]: Started app-gnome-plexmediaserver_pms\x2dweb-3899.scope - Application launched by gnome-shell.
Apr 24 13:26:58 LCARS systemd[2381]: Started snap.plexmediaserver.pms-web-f43c6ede-8a58-4b60-b9dc-af32b0ab9515.scope.
May 01 12:52:57 LCARS /usr/libexec/gdm-x-session[2397]: execAction "/var/lib/snapd/desktop/applications/plexmediaserver_pms-web.desktop"
May 01 12:52:57 LCARS systemd[2067]: Started snap.plexmediaserver.pms-web-07489b73-55e4-4d2a-8a25-1292d827403e.scope.
May 01 12:55:42 LCARS /usr/libexec/gdm-x-session[2397]: execAction "/var/lib/snapd/desktop/applications/plexmediaserver_pms-web.desktop"
May 01 12:55:42 LCARS systemd[2067]: Started snap.plexmediaserver.pms-web-660f95a3-665e-4020-a6a6-ad375353748a.scope.
May 01 14:00:16 LCARS /usr/libexec/gdm-x-session[3934]: execAction "/var/lib/snapd/desktop/applications/plexmediaserver_pms-web.desktop"
May 01 14:00:16 LCARS systemd[3470]: Started snap.plexmediaserver.pms-web-0f45293e-6717-4e3b-9ce7-8ed8e50e7c19.scope.
May 01 17:25:20 LCARS /usr/libexec/gdm-x-session[2996]: execAction "/var/lib/snapd/desktop/applications/plexmediaserver_pms-web.desktop"
May 01 17:25:20 LCARS systemd[2667]: Started snap.plexmediaserver.pms-web-818d9467-43a4-4753-a56c-484df25d9f2f.scope.
May 02 12:18:38 LCARS sudo[24570]: tyler : TTY=pts/0 ; PWD=/home/tyler ; USER=root ; COMMAND=/usr/bin/systemctl status plexmediaserver
May 02 12:21:20 LCARS sudo[24625]: tyler : TTY=pts/0 ; PWD=/home/tyler ; USER=root ; COMMAND=/usr/bin/dpkg -i plexmediaserver_1.19.4.2935-79e214ead_amd64.deb
May 02 12:22:43 LCARS sudo[24719]: tyler : TTY=pts/0 ; PWD=/home/tyler ; USER=root ; COMMAND=/usr/bin/gpg --dearmor --yes -o /usr/share/keyrings/plexmediaserver.gpg
May 02 12:23:19 LCARS sudo[24727]: tyler : TTY=pts/0 ; PWD=/home/tyler ; USER=root ; COMMAND=/usr/bin/tee /etc/apt/sources.list.d/plexmediaserver.sources
May 02 13:33:44 LCARS sudo[25883]: tyler : TTY=pts/1 ; PWD=/home/tyler ; USER=root ; COMMAND=/usr/bin/nano /etc/apt/sources.list.d/plexmediaserver.list
May 02 13:48:09 LCARS sudo[26311]: tyler : TTY=pts/2 ; PWD=/home/tyler ; USER=root ; COMMAND=/usr/bin/rm /usr/share/keyrings/plexmediaserver.gpg
May 02 13:48:54 LCARS sudo[26363]: tyler : TTY=pts/2 ; PWD=/home/tyler ; USER=root ; COMMAND=/usr/bin/rm /usr/share/keyrings/plexmediaserver.v2.gpg
May 02 13:50:15 LCARS sudo[26401]: tyler : TTY=pts/2 ; PWD=/home/tyler ; USER=root ; COMMAND=/usr/bin/apt-get purge plexmediaserver
May 02 13:54:34 LCARS sudo[26573]: tyler : TTY=pts/2 ; PWD=/home/tyler ; USER=root ; COMMAND=/usr/bin/rm -i /etc/apt/sources.list.d/plexmediaserver.sources
May 02 13:58:43 LCARS sudo[27497]: tyler : TTY=pts/2 ; PWD=/home/tyler ; USER=root ; COMMAND=/usr/bin/systemctl status plexmediaserver
May 02 14:57:21 LCARS sudo[29013]: tyler : TTY=pts/2 ; PWD=/home/tyler ; USER=root ; COMMAND=/usr/bin/systemctl enable plexmediaserver
May 02 14:58:02 LCARS sudo[29142]: tyler : TTY=pts/2 ; PWD=/home/tyler ; USER=root ; COMMAND=/usr/bin/systemctl enable plexmediaserver.service
May 02 14:58:10 LCARS sudo[29242]: tyler : TTY=pts/2 ; PWD=/home/tyler ; USER=root ; COMMAND=/usr/bin/systemctl status plexmediaserver
May 02 14:59:07 LCARS sudo[29261]: tyler : TTY=pts/2 ; PWD=/home/tyler ; USER=root ; COMMAND=/usr/bin/systemctl start plexmediaserver
May 02 14:59:09 LCARS sudo[29286]: tyler : TTY=pts/2 ; PWD=/home/tyler ; USER=root ; COMMAND=/usr/bin/systemctl status plexmediaserver
May 02 16:00:19 LCARS sudo[2193]: tyler : TTY=pts/0 ; PWD=/home/tyler ; USER=root ; COMMAND=/usr/bin/systemctl status plexmediaserver
May 02 16:01:04 LCARS sudo[2237]: tyler : TTY=pts/0 ; PWD=/home/tyler ; USER=root ; COMMAND=/usr/bin/systemctl start plexmediaserver
May 02 16:01:40 LCARS sudo[2320]: tyler : TTY=pts/0 ; PWD=/home/tyler ; USER=root ; COMMAND=/usr/bin/systemctl status plexmediaserver
May 02 16:02:54 LCARS sudo[2366]: tyler : TTY=pts/0 ; PWD=/home/tyler ; USER=root ; COMMAND=/usr/bin/systemctl status plexmediaserver
May 02 16:03:05 LCARS sudo[2389]: tyler : TTY=pts/0 ; PWD=/home/tyler ; USER=root ; COMMAND=/usr/bin/systemctl start plexmediaserver
May 02 16:03:40 LCARS sudo[2456]: tyler : TTY=pts/0 ; PWD=/home/tyler ; USER=root ; COMMAND=/usr/bin/systemctl status plexmediaserver
May 02 16:58:17 LCARS sudo[22442]: tyler : TTY=pts/1 ; PWD=/home/tyler ; USER=root ; COMMAND=/usr/bin/apt remove plexmediaserver
May 02 17:07:50 LCARS sudo[28929]: tyler : TTY=pts/1 ; PWD=/home/tyler ; USER=root ; COMMAND=/usr/bin/systemctl start plexmediaserver
May 02 17:08:09 LCARS sudo[29009]: tyler : TTY=pts/1 ; PWD=/home/tyler ; USER=root ; COMMAND=/usr/bin/systemctl status plexmediaserver
May 02 17:15:27 LCARS sudo[31485]: tyler : TTY=pts/1 ; PWD=/home/tyler ; USER=root ; COMMAND=/usr/bin/apt install-y plexmediaserver
May 02 17:15:43 LCARS sudo[31504]: tyler : TTY=pts/1 ; PWD=/home/tyler ; USER=root ; COMMAND=/usr/bin/apt install -y plexmediaserver
May 02 18:09:27 LCARS sudo[38249]: tyler : TTY=pts/1 ; PWD=/home/tyler ; USER=root ; COMMAND=/usr/bin/systemctl start plexmediaserver.service
May 02 18:09:49 LCARS sudo[38330]: tyler : TTY=pts/1 ; PWD=/home/tyler ; USER=root ; COMMAND=/usr/bin/systemctl status plexmediaserver.service
May 02 18:13:17 LCARS sudo[39170]: tyler : TTY=pts/1 ; PWD=/home/tyler ; USER=root ; COMMAND=/usr/bin/systemctl start plexmediaserver
May 02 18:14:06 LCARS sudo[39801]: tyler : TTY=pts/1 ; PWD=/home/tyler ; USER=root ; COMMAND=/usr/bin/systemctl enable plexmediaserver
May 02 18:14:25 LCARS sudo[39929]: tyler : TTY=pts/1 ; PWD=/home/tyler ; USER=root ; COMMAND=/usr/bin/systemctl status plexmediaserver
May 02 18:17:19 LCARS sudo[40013]: tyler : TTY=pts/1 ; PWD=/home/tyler ; USER=root ; COMMAND=/usr/bin/chown -R plex:plex /var/lib/plexmediaserver
May 02 18:17:45 LCARS sudo[40028]: tyler : TTY=pts/1 ; PWD=/home/tyler ; USER=root ; COMMAND=/usr/bin/systemctl start plexmediaserver
May 02 18:18:01 LCARS sudo[40092]: tyler : TTY=pts/1 ; PWD=/home/tyler ; USER=root ; COMMAND=/usr/bin/systemctl status plexmediaserver
May 02 18:19:19 LCARS sudo[40172]: tyler : TTY=pts/1 ; PWD=/home/tyler ; USER=root ; COMMAND=/usr/bin/systemctl enable plexmediaserver
May 02 18:19:26 LCARS sudo[40284]: tyler : TTY=pts/1 ; PWD=/home/tyler ; USER=root ; COMMAND=/usr/bin/systemctl status plexmediaserver
May 02 18:22:31 LCARS sudo[40435]: tyler : TTY=pts/1 ; PWD=/home/tyler ; USER=root ; COMMAND=/usr/bin/chown -R plex:plex /var/lib/plexmediaserver /var/log/plexmediaserver
May 02 18:23:29 LCARS sudo[40482]: tyler : TTY=pts/1 ; PWD=/home/tyler ; USER=root ; COMMAND=/usr/bin/systemctl restart plexmediaserver
May 02 18:23:54 LCARS sudo[40579]: tyler : TTY=pts/1 ; PWD=/home/tyler ; USER=root ; COMMAND=/usr/bin/systemctl status plexmediaserver
May 02 18:38:08 LCARS sudo[41131]: tyler : TTY=pts/0 ; PWD=/home/tyler ; USER=root ; COMMAND=/usr/bin/nano /etc/systemd/system/plexmediaserver.service
May 02 18:42:56 LCARS sudo[41783]: tyler : TTY=pts/0 ; PWD=/home/tyler ; USER=root ; COMMAND=/usr/bin/systemctl status plexmediaserver
May 02 18:43:40 LCARS sudo[41952]: tyler : TTY=pts/0 ; PWD=/home/tyler ; USER=root ; COMMAND=/usr/bin/systemctl start plexmediaserver
May 02 18:43:54 LCARS sudo[42006]: tyler : TTY=pts/0 ; PWD=/home/tyler ; USER=root ; COMMAND=/usr/bin/systemctl status plexmediaserver
May 02 18:44:25 LCARS sudo[42017]: tyler : TTY=pts/0 ; PWD=/home/tyler ; USER=root ; COMMAND=/usr/bin/systemctl status plexmediaserver
May 02 18:47:23 LCARS sudo[43395]: tyler : TTY=pts/0 ; PWD=/home/tyler ; USER=root ; COMMAND=/usr/bin/rm -i /etc/systemd/system/plexmediaserver.service
May 02 18:48:43 LCARS sudo[43455]: tyler : TTY=pts/0 ; PWD=/home/tyler ; USER=root ; COMMAND=/usr/bin/tee /etc/apt/sources.list.d/plexmediaserver.list
May 02 18:51:16 LCARS sudo[43889]: tyler : TTY=pts/0 ; PWD=/home/tyler ; USER=root ; COMMAND=/usr/bin/tee /etc/apt/sources.list.d/plexmediaserver.list
May 02 18:56:40 LCARS /usr/libexec/gdm-x-session[19112]: execAction "/var/lib/snapd/desktop/applications/plexmediaserver_pms-web.desktop"
May 02 18:56:50 LCARS systemd[1689]: Started snap.plexmediaserver.pms-web-a96f0738-f4ae-4f27-8636-581ea7af393c.scope.
May 02 18:57:03 LCARS systemd[1689]: snap.plexmediaserver.pms-web-a96f0738-f4ae-4f27-8636-581ea7af393c.scope: Consumed 1.486s CPU time, 26.1M memory peak.
May 02 18:57:46 LCARS sudo[45825]: tyler : TTY=pts/1 ; PWD=/home/tyler ; USER=root ; COMMAND=/usr/bin/systemctl status plexmediaserver
May 02 22:47:37 LCARS sudo[51122]: tyler : TTY=pts/0 ; PWD=/home/tyler ; USER=root ; COMMAND=/usr/bin/systemctl start plexmediaserver
May 03 16:46:39 LCARS sudo[72140]: tyler : TTY=pts/0 ; PWD=/home/tyler ; USER=root ; COMMAND=/usr/bin/systemctl start plexmediaserver
May 03 16:46:52 LCARS sudo[72182]: tyler : TTY=pts/0 ; PWD=/home/tyler ; USER=root ; COMMAND=/usr/bin/systemctl status plexmediaserver
May 03 16:47:32 LCARS sudo[72198]: tyler : TTY=pts/0 ; PWD=/home/tyler ; USER=root ; COMMAND=/usr/bin/systemctl status plexmediaserver
May 03 16:53:01 LCARS sudo[72295]: tyler : TTY=pts/0 ; PWD=/home/tyler ; USER=root ; COMMAND=/usr/bin/journalctl -u plexmediaserver.service
May 03 20:04:19 LCARS sudo[75806]: tyler : TTY=pts/0 ; PWD=/home/tyler ; USER=root ; COMMAND=/usr/bin/chown -R plex:plex /var/lib/plexmediaserver
May 03 20:05:12 LCARS sudo[75822]: tyler : TTY=pts/0 ; PWD=/home/tyler ; USER=root ; COMMAND=/usr/bin/apt install --reinstall plexmediaserver
May 03 20:05:50 LCARS sudo[76171]: tyler : TTY=pts/0 ; PWD=/home/tyler ; USER=root ; COMMAND=/usr/bin/apt remove plexmediaserver
May 03 20:06:23 LCARS sudo[76385]: tyler : TTY=pts/0 ; PWD=/home/tyler ; USER=root ; COMMAND=/usr/bin/apt install plexmediaserver
May 03 20:13:13 LCARS sudo[76882]: tyler : TTY=pts/0 ; PWD=/home/tyler ; USER=root ; COMMAND=/usr/bin/rm /var/cache/apt/archives/plexmediaserver_1.43.1.10611-1e34174b1_amd64.deb
May 04 08:35:00 LCARS sudo[92888]: tyler : TTY=pts/0 ; PWD=/home/tyler ; USER=root ; COMMAND=/usr/bin/apt remove --purge plexmediaserver
May 04 08:39:45 LCARS sudo[94545]: tyler : TTY=pts/0 ; PWD=/home/tyler ; USER=root ; COMMAND=/usr/bin/mv /var/lib/dpkg/infor/plexmediaserver.* /tmp/
May 04 08:42:38 LCARS sudo[94952]: tyler : TTY=pts/0 ; PWD=/home/tyler ; USER=root ; COMMAND=/usr/bin/systemctl stop plexmediaserver
May 04 08:43:01 LCARS sudo[95005]: tyler : TTY=pts/0 ; PWD=/home/tyler ; USER=root ; COMMAND=/usr/bin/rm /etc/systemd/system/plexmediaserver.service
May 04 08:44:16 LCARS sudo[95289]: tyler : TTY=pts/0 ; PWD=/home/tyler ; USER=root ; COMMAND=/usr/bin/systemctl start plexmediaserver
May 04 08:44:33 LCARS sudo[95297]: tyler : TTY=pts/0 ; PWD=/home/tyler ; USER=root ; COMMAND=/usr/bin/mkdir -p /etc/systemd/system/plexmediaserver.service.d
May 04 08:45:13 LCARS sudo[95312]: tyler : TTY=pts/0 ; PWD=/home/tyler ; USER=root ; COMMAND=/usr/bin/systemctl start plexmediaserver
May 04 08:46:36 LCARS sudo[96085]: tyler : TTY=pts/0 ; PWD=/home/tyler ; USER=root ; COMMAND=/usr/bin/systemctl status plexmediaserver
May 04 08:47:34 LCARS sudo[96110]: tyler : TTY=pts/0 ; PWD=/home/tyler ; USER=root ; COMMAND=/usr/bin/journalctl -u plexmediaserver.service --since '5 minutes ago'
May 04 08:48:31 LCARS sudo[96133]: tyler : TTY=pts/0 ; PWD=/home/tyler ; USER=root ; COMMAND=/usr/bin/chown -R plex:plex /var/lib/plexmediaserver
May 04 08:48:54 LCARS sudo[96141]: tyler : TTY=pts/0 ; PWD=/var/lib/plexmediaserver ; USER=plex ; GROUP=plex ; COMMAND=/usr/sbin/nologin
May 04 09:03:54 LCARS sudo[96396]: tyler : TTY=pts/0 ; PWD=/home/tyler ; USER=root ; COMMAND=/usr/sbin/useradd -r -g plex -d /var/lib/plexmediaserver -s /bin/bash -c 'Plex Media Server' plex
May 04 09:04:01 LCARS sudo[96402]: tyler : TTY=pts/0 ; PWD=/home/tyler ; USER=root ; COMMAND=/usr/bin/chown -R plex:plex /var/lib/plexmediaserver
May 04 09:04:29 LCARS sudo[96411]: tyler : TTY=pts/0 ; PWD=/home/tyler ; USER=root ; COMMAND=/usr/bin/systemctl reset-failed plexmediaserver
May 04 09:05:02 LCARS sudo[96422]: tyler : TTY=pts/0 ; PWD=/home/tyler ; USER=root ; COMMAND=/usr/bin/systemctl status plexmediaserver
May 04 09:06:00 LCARS sudo[96519]: tyler : TTY=pts/0 ; PWD=/home/tyler ; USER=root ; COMMAND=/usr/bin/systemctl status plexmediaserver
May 04 09:06:16 LCARS sudo[96531]: tyler : TTY=pts/0 ; PWD=/home/tyler ; USER=root ; COMMAND=/usr/bin/systemctl status plexmediaserver
May 04 09:08:34 LCARS sudo[96581]: tyler : TTY=pts/0 ; PWD=/var/lib/plexmediaserver ; USER=plex ; GROUP=plex ; COMMAND=/usr/sbin/nologin
May 04 09:10:44 LCARS sudo[96647]: tyler : TTY=pts/1 ; PWD=/home/tyler ; USER=root ; COMMAND=/usr/bin/chown -R tyler:tyler /var/lib/plexmediaserver/
May 04 09:10:54 LCARS sudo[96672]: tyler : TTY=pts/1 ; PWD=/var/lib/plexmediaserver ; USER=plex ; GROUP=plex ; COMMAND=/usr/sbin/nologin
May 04 09:11:25 LCARS sudo[96686]: tyler : TTY=pts/1 ; PWD=/var/lib/plexmediaserver ; USER=plex ; GROUP=plex ; COMMAND=/usr/sbin/nologin
May 04 09:12:26 LCARS sudo[96711]: tyler : TTY=pts/1 ; PWD=/home/tyler ; USER=plex ; ENV=PLEX_MEDIA_SERVER_APPLICATION_SUPPORT_DIR=/var/lib/plexmediaserver/Library/Application Support ; COMMAND=/usr/lib/plexmediaserver/Plex#040Media#040Server
May 04 09:13:24 LCARS sudo[96748]: tyler : TTY=pts/1 ; PWD=/home/tyler ; USER=root ; COMMAND=/usr/bin/chown -R plex:plex /var/lib/plexmediaserver/
May 04 09:13:27 LCARS sudo[96752]: tyler : TTY=pts/1 ; PWD=/home/tyler ; USER=plex ; ENV=PLEX_MEDIA_SERVER_APPLICATION_SUPPORT_DIR=/var/lib/plexmediaserver/Library/Application Support ; COMMAND=/usr/lib/plexmediaserver/Plex#040Media#040Server
May 04 09:13:45 LCARS sudo[96762]: tyler : TTY=pts/1 ; PWD=/home/tyler ; USER=root ; COMMAND=/usr/bin/su -s /bin/bash -p plex -c 'export PLEX_MEDIA_SERVER_APPLICATION_SUPPORT_DIR="/var/lib/plexmediaserver/Library/Application Support"; /usr/lib/plexmediaserver/Plex\\ Media\\ Server'
May 04 09:14:35 LCARS sudo[96888]: tyler : TTY=pts/1 ; PWD=/home/tyler ; USER=root ; COMMAND=/usr/bin/systemctl start plexmediaserver
May 04 09:14:48 LCARS sudo[96950]: tyler : TTY=pts/1 ; PWD=/home/tyler ; USER=root ; COMMAND=/usr/bin/systemctl status plexmediaserver
May 04 09:14:55 LCARS sudo[96959]: tyler : TTY=pts/1 ; PWD=/home/tyler ; USER=root ; COMMAND=/usr/bin/systemctl status plexmediaserver
May 04 09:15:29 LCARS sudo[96971]: tyler : TTY=pts/1 ; PWD=/var/lib/plexmediaserver ; USER=plex ; GROUP=plex ; COMMAND=/bin/bash
And my systemctl status:
× plexmediaserver.service - Plex Media Server
Loaded: loaded (/usr/lib/systemd/system/plexmediaserver.service; enabled; preset: enabled)
Active: failed (Result: exit-code) since Mon 2026-05-04 09:14:52 PDT; 13min ago
Duration: 250ms
Invocation: 3a13b83677694e439153c8976f8fd041
Process: 96931 ExecStartPre=/bin/sh -c /usr/bin/test -d "${PLEX_MEDIA_SERVER_APPLICATION_SUPPORT_DIR}" || /bin/m>
Process: 96934 ExecStart=/bin/sh -c export PLEX_MEDIA_SERVER_INFO_VENDOR="$(grep ^NAME= /etc/os-release | awk ->
Main PID: 96934 (code=exited, status=255/EXCEPTION)
May 04 09:14:52 LCARS systemd[1]: plexmediaserver.service: Scheduled restart job, restart counter is at 3.
May 04 09:14:52 LCARS systemd[1]: plexmediaserver.service: Start request repeated too quickly.
May 04 09:14:52 LCARS systemd[1]: plexmediaserver.service: Failed with result 'exit-code'.
May 04 09:14:52 LCARS systemd[1]: Failed to start plexmediaserver.service - Plex Media Server.