Cannot start plex on raspberry pi 3

Plex Media Server Desktops & Laptops
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Her is the status of the service. It was working and then it said the was an update. After trying to hoist, the service won’t start. The libraries are on a netgear readyshare. The pi can see the files.

pi@raspberrypi:~ $ sudo service plexmediaserver status
● plexmediaserver.service - Plex Media Server for Loaded: loaded (/lib/systemd/system/plexmedias Active: failed (Result: exit-code) since Sat 2 Process: 1413 ExecStart=/bin/sh -c LD_LIBRARY_P Process: 1409 ExecStartPre=/bin/sh -c /usr/bin/ Main PID: 1413 (code=exited, status=255)

Aug 25 16:32:53 raspberrypi systemd[1]: plexmediaAug 25 16:32:58 raspberrypi systemd[1]: plexmediaAug 25 16:32:58 raspberrypi systemd[1]: Stopped PAug 25 16:32:58 raspberrypi systemd[1]: plexmediaAug 25 16:32:58 raspberrypi systemd[1]: Failed toAug 25 16:32:58 raspberrypi systemd[1]: plexmediaAug 25 16:32:58 raspberrypi systemd[1]: plexmedialines 1-14/14 (END)…skipping…
● plexmediaserver.service - Plex Media Server for Loaded: loaded (/lib/systemd/system/plexmedias Active: failed (Result: exit-code) since Sat 2 Process: 1413 ExecStart=/bin/sh -c LD_LIBRARY_P Process: 1409 ExecStartPre=/bin/sh -c /usr/bin/ Main PID: 1413 (code=exited, status=255)

Aug 25 16:32:53 raspberrypi systemd[1]: plexmediaAug 25 16:32:58 raspberrypi systemd[1]: plexmediaAug 25 16:32:58 raspberrypi systemd[1]: Stopped PAug 25 16:32:58 raspberrypi systemd[1]: plexmediaAug 25 16:32:58 raspberrypi systemd[1]: Failed toAug 25 16:32:58 raspberrypi systemd[1]: plexmediaAug 25 16:32:58 raspberrypi systemd[1]: plexmedia~
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● plexmediaserver.service - Plex Media Server for Loaded: loaded (/lib/systemd/system/plexmedias Active: failed (Result: exit-code) since Sat 2 Process: 1413 ExecStart=/bin/sh -c LD_LIBRARY_P Process: 1409 ExecStartPre=/bin/sh -c /usr/bin/ Main PID: 1413 (code=exited, status=255)

Aug 25 16:32:53 raspberrypi systemd[1]: plexmediaAug 25 16:32:58 raspberrypi systemd[1]: plexmediaAug 25 16:32:58 raspberrypi systemd[1]: Stopped PAug 25 16:32:58 raspberrypi systemd[1]: plexmediaAug 25 16:32:58 raspberrypi systemd[1]: Failed toAug 25 16:32:58 raspberrypi systemd[1]: plexmediaAug 25 16:32:58 raspberrypi systemd[1]: plexmedia~
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● plexmediaserver.service - Plex Media Server for Loaded: loaded (/lib/systemd/system/plexmedias Active: failed (Result: exit-code) since Sat 2 Process: 1413 ExecStart=/bin/sh -c LD_LIBRARY_P Process: 1409 ExecStartPre=/bin/sh -c /usr/bin/ Main PID: 1413 (code=exited, status=255)

Aug 25 16:32:53 raspberrypi systemd[1]: plexmediaAug 25 16:32:58 raspberrypi systemd[1]: plexmediaAug 25 16:32:58 raspberrypi systemd[1]: Stopped PAug 25 16:32:58 raspberrypi systemd[1]: plexmediaAug 25 16:32:58 raspberrypi systemd[1]: Failed toAug 25 16:32:58 raspberrypi systemd[1]: plexmediaAug 25 16:32:58 raspberrypi systemd[1]: plexmedia~

● plexmediaserver.service - Plex Media Server for Loaded: loaded (/lib/systemd/system/plexmedias Active: failed (Result: exit-code) since Sat 2 Process: 1413 ExecStart=/bin/sh -c LD_LIBRARY_P● plexmediaserver.service - Plex Media Server for Loaded: loaded (/lib/systemd/system/plexmedias Active: failed (Result: exit-code) since Sat 2 Process: 1413 ExecStart=/bin/sh -c LD_LIBRARY_P Process: 1409 ExecStartPre=/bin/sh -c /usr/bin/ Main PID: 1413 (code=exited, status=255) Aug 25 16:32:53 raspberrypi systemd[1]: plexmediaAug 25 16:32:58 raspberrypi systemd[1]: plexmediaAug 25 16:32:58 raspberrypi systemd[1]: Stopped PAug 25 16:32:58 raspberrypi systemd[1]: plexmediaAug 25 16:32:58 raspberrypi systemd[1]: Failed toAug 25 16:32:58 raspberrypi systemd[1]: plexmediaAug 25 16:32:58 raspberrypi systemd[1]: plexmedia~

pi@raspberrypi:~ $

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Tell us more about your OS because you still use commands like sudo service plexmediaserver status that are not used with systemd on modern Debian / Raspbian anymore.

Then the usual troubleshoot steps:

(1) Reinstall the package to make sure the binaries are OK: sudo apt-get install --reinstall plexmediaserver-installer

(2) Check the systemd service systemctl status plexmediaserver . If there is a drop-in reported check the contents of this file.

(3) Check the systemd logs: journalctl -u plexmediaserver

(4) Fix the permissions: sudo chown -R plex:plex /var/lib/plexmediaserver

(5) Check disk space: df -h

(6) Restart Plex: sudo systemctl restart plexmediaserver

(8) Check server logs

https://support.plex.tv/articles/200250417-plex-media-server-log-files/

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