# Failed to start Plex Media Server for Linux
**URL:** https://forums.plex.tv/t/failed-to-start-plex-media-server-for-linux/235838
**Category:** Apps & Creations
**Tags:** server-linux-arm
**Created:** [May 16, 2018, 5:23pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/failed-to-start-plex-media-server-for-linux/235838 "2018-05-16T17:23:37Z")
**Posts on this page:** 8
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### Author:  [@master555](https://forums.plex.tv/u/master555)
#### Post date: [May 16, 2018, 5:23pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/failed-to-start-plex-media-server-for-linux/235838/1 "2018-05-16T17:23:37Z")
sudo systemctl status plexmediaserver
plexmediaserver.service - Plex Media Server for Linux
Loaded: loaded (/lib/systemd/system/plexmediaserver.service; enabled; vendor
preset: enabled)
Active: inactive (dead) (Result: exit-code) since Wed 2018-05-16 14:13:19 BRT
; 7min ago
Process: 12577 ExecStart=/bin/sh -c LD\_LIBRARY\_PATH=/usr/lib/plexmediaserver "
/usr/lib/plexmediaserver/Plex Media Server" (code=exited, status=126)
Process: 12574 ExecStartPre=/bin/sh -c /usr/bin/test -d “{PLEX\_MEDIA\_SERVER\_A PPLICATION\_SUPPORT\_DIR}" || /bin/mkdir -p "{PLEX\_MEDIA\_SERVER\_APPLICATION\_SUPPO
RT\_DIR}” (code=exited, status=0/SUCCESS)
Main PID: 12577 (code=exited, status=126)
May 16 14:13:19 systemd[1]: plexmediaserver.service:
Service hold-off time over, scheduling restart.
May 16 14:13:19 systemd[1]: Stopped Plex Media Serve
r for Linux.
May 16 14:13:19 systemd[1]: plexmediaserver.
service: Start request repeated too quickly.
May 16 14:13:19 systemd[1]: Failed to start
Plex Media Server for Linux.
May 16 14:14:01 systemd[1]: plexmediaserver.
service: Start request repeated too quickly.
May 16 14:14:01 systemd[1]: Failed to start
Plex Media Server for Linux.
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### Author:  [@Menel](https://forums.plex.tv/u/Menel)
#### Post date: [May 16, 2018, 5:48pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/failed-to-start-plex-media-server-for-linux/235838/2 "2018-05-16T17:48:17Z")
You might need to provide people more information, hardware infomation, distribution version, etc etc. Is this a new installation? If not, what systems changes have occurred recently?
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### Author:  [@ChuckPa](https://forums.plex.tv/u/ChuckPa)
#### Post date: [May 16, 2018, 5:49pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/failed-to-start-plex-media-server-for-linux/235838/3 "2018-05-16T17:49:09Z")
Would you please let me know a few more things? All that tells me is it’s not running.
1. OS and version
2. PMS version installed + 32 or 64 bit
3. `sudo journalctl -xe | grep -i plex` to see what the specific error reported in the system log is
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### Author:  [@master555](https://forums.plex.tv/u/master555)
#### Post date: [May 16, 2018, 8:02pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/failed-to-start-plex-media-server-for-linux/235838/4 "2018-05-16T20:02:02Z")
Sorry guys, I got not edit the first topic.
32bits
ARM Cortex
Firstly I had a problem installing it.
“package architecture (i386) does not match system (armhf)”
I was able to solve by executing the following command:
sudo dpkg --add-architecture i386
After that it installed normally, but Plex is not starting.
Thanks for listening.
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### Author:  [@master555](https://forums.plex.tv/u/master555)
#### Post date: [May 16, 2018, 8:05pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/failed-to-start-plex-media-server-for-linux/235838/5 "2018-05-16T20:05:56Z")
sudo journalctl -xe | grep -i plex
May 16 16:50:35 ---------- systemd[1]: Starting Plex Media Server for Linux…
– Subject: Unit plexmediaserver.service has begun start-up
– Unit plexmediaserver.service has begun starting up.
May 16 16:50:36 ---------- systemd[1]: Started Plex Media Server for Linux.
– Subject: Unit plexmediaserver.service has finished start-up
– Unit plexmediaserver.service has finished starting up.
May 16 16:50:36 ---------- sh[1163]: /bin/sh: /usr/lib/plexmediaserver/Plex Media Server: cannot execute binary file: Exec format error
May 16 16:50:36 ---------- systemd[1]: plexmediaserver.service: Main process exited, code=exited, status=126/n/a
May 16 16:50:36 ---------- systemd[1]: plexmediaserver.service: Unit entered failed state.
May 16 16:50:36 ---------- systemd[1]: plexmediaserver.service: Failed with result ‘exit-code’.
May 16 16:50:41 ---------- systemd[1]: plexmediaserver.service: Service hold-off time over, scheduling restart.
May 16 16:50:41 ---------- systemd[1]: Stopped Plex Media Server for Linux.
– Subject: Unit plexmediaserver.service has finished shutting down
– Unit plexmediaserver.service has finished shutting down.
May 16 16:50:41 ---------- systemd[1]: Starting Plex Media Server for Linux…
– Subject: Unit plexmediaserver.service has begun start-up
– Unit plexmediaserver.service has begun starting up.
May 16 16:50:41 ---------- systemd[1]: Started Plex Media Server for Linux.
– Subject: Unit plexmediaserver.service has finished start-up
– Unit plexmediaserver.service has finished starting up.
May 16 16:50:41 ---------- sh[1268]: /bin/sh: /usr/lib/plexmediaserver/Plex Media Server: cannot execute binary file: Exec format error
May 16 16:50:41 ---------- systemd[1]: plexmediaserver.service: Main process exited, code=exited, status=126/n/a
May 16 16:50:41 ---------- systemd[1]: plexmediaserver.service: Unit entered failed state.
May 16 16:50:41 ---------- systemd[1]: plexmediaserver.service: Failed with result ‘exit-code’.
May 16 16:50:46 ---------- systemd[1]: plexmediaserver.service: Service hold-off time over, scheduling restart.
May 16 16:50:46 ---------- systemd[1]: Stopped Plex Media Server for Linux.
– Subject: Unit plexmediaserver.service has finished shutting down
– Unit plexmediaserver.service has finished shutting down.
May 16 16:50:46 ---------- systemd[1]: Starting Plex Media Server for Linux…
– Subject: Unit plexmediaserver.service has begun start-up
– Unit plexmediaserver.service has begun starting up.
May 16 16:50:46 ---------- systemd[1]: Started Plex Media Server for Linux.
– Subject: Unit plexmediaserver.service has finished start-up
– Unit plexmediaserver.service has finished starting up.
May 16 16:50:46 ---------- sh[1275]: /bin/sh: /usr/lib/plexmediaserver/Plex Media Server: cannot execute binary file: Exec format error
May 16 16:50:46 ---------- systemd[1]: plexmediaserver.service: Main process exited, code=exited, status=126/n/a
May 16 16:50:46 ---------- systemd[1]: plexmediaserver.service: Unit entered failed state.
May 16 16:50:46 ---------- systemd[1]: plexmediaserver.service: Failed with result ‘exit-code’.
May 16 16:50:51 ---------- systemd[1]: plexmediaserver.service: Service hold-off time over, scheduling restart.
May 16 16:50:51 ---------- systemd[1]: Stopped Plex Media Server for Linux.
– Subject: Unit plexmediaserver.service has finished shutting down
– Unit plexmediaserver.service has finished shutting down.
May 16 16:50:51 ---------- systemd[1]: plexmediaserver.service: Start request repeated too quickly.
May 16 16:50:51 ---------- systemd[1]: Failed to start Plex Media Server for Linux.
– Subject: Unit plexmediaserver.service has failed
– Unit plexmediaserver.service has failed.
May 16 16:56:21 ---------- sudo[1390]: root : TTY=pts/0 ; PWD=/root ; USER=root ; COMMAND=/bin/systemctl status plexmediaserver
May 16 16:56:26 ---------- sudo[1401]: root : TTY=pts/0 ; PWD=/root ; USER=root ; COMMAND=/bin/systemctl start plexmediaserver
May 16 16:56:26 ---------- systemd[1]: Starting Plex Media Server for Linux…
– Subject: Unit plexmediaserver.service has begun start-up
– Unit plexmediaserver.service has begun starting up.
May 16 16:56:26 ---------- systemd[1]: Started Plex Media Server for Linux.
– Subject: Unit plexmediaserver.service has finished start-up
– Unit plexmediaserver.service has finished starting up.
May 16 16:56:26 ---------- sh[1411]: /bin/sh: /usr/lib/plexmediaserver/Plex Media Server: cannot execute binary file: Exec format error
May 16 16:56:26 ---------- systemd[1]: plexmediaserver.service: Main process exited, code=exited, status=126/n/a
May 16 16:56:26 ---------- systemd[1]: plexmediaserver.service: Unit entered failed state.
May 16 16:56:26 ---------- systemd[1]: plexmediaserver.service: Failed with result ‘exit-code’.
May 16 16:56:29 ---------- sudo[1419]: root : TTY=pts/0 ; PWD=/root ; USER=root ; COMMAND=/bin/systemctl status plexmediaserver
May 16 16:56:31 ---------- systemd[1]: plexmediaserver.service: Service hold-off time over, scheduling restart.
May 16 16:56:31 ---------- systemd[1]: Stopped Plex Media Server for Linux.
– Subject: Unit plexmediaserver.service has finished shutting down
– Unit plexmediaserver.service has finished shutting down.
May 16 16:56:31 ---------- systemd[1]: Starting Plex Media Server for Linux…
– Subject: Unit plexmediaserver.service has begun start-up
– Unit plexmediaserver.service has begun starting up.
May 16 16:56:31 ---------- systemd[1]: Started Plex Media Server for Linux.
– Subject: Unit plexmediaserver.service has finished start-up
– Unit plexmediaserver.service has finished starting up.
May 16 16:56:31 ---------- sh[1432]: /bin/sh: /usr/lib/plexmediaserver/Plex Media Server: cannot execute binary file: Exec format error
May 16 16:56:31 ---------- systemd[1]: plexmediaserver.service: Main process exited, code=exited, status=126/n/a
May 16 16:56:31 ---------- systemd[1]: plexmediaserver.service: Unit entered failed state.
May 16 16:56:31 ---------- systemd[1]: plexmediaserver.service: Failed with result ‘exit-code’.
May 16 16:56:36 ---------- systemd[1]: plexmediaserver.service: Service hold-off time over, scheduling restart.
May 16 16:56:36 ---------- systemd[1]: Stopped Plex Media Server for Linux.
– Subject: Unit plexmediaserver.service has finished shutting down
– Unit plexmediaserver.service has finished shutting down.
May 16 16:56:36 ---------- systemd[1]: Starting Plex Media Server for Linux…
– Subject: Unit plexmediaserver.service has begun start-up
– Unit plexmediaserver.service has begun starting up.
May 16 16:56:36 ---------- systemd[1]: Started Plex Media Server for Linux.
– Subject: Unit plexmediaserver.service has finished start-up
– Unit plexmediaserver.service has finished starting up.
May 16 16:56:36 ---------- sh[1439]: /bin/sh: /usr/lib/plexmediaserver/Plex Media Server: cannot execute binary file: Exec format error
May 16 16:56:36 ---------- systemd[1]: plexmediaserver.service: Main process exited, code=exited, status=126/n/a
May 16 16:56:36 ---------- systemd[1]: plexmediaserver.service: Unit entered failed state.
May 16 16:56:36 ---------- systemd[1]: plexmediaserver.service: Failed with result ‘exit-code’.
May 16 16:56:42 ---------- systemd[1]: plexmediaserver.service: Service hold-off time over, scheduling restart.
May 16 16:56:42 ---------- systemd[1]: Stopped Plex Media Server for Linux.
– Subject: Unit plexmediaserver.service has finished shutting down
– Unit plexmediaserver.service has finished shutting down.
May 16 16:56:42 ---------- systemd[1]: plexmediaserver.service: Start request repeated too quickly.
May 16 16:56:42 ---------- systemd[1]: Failed to start Plex Media Server for Linux.
– Subject: Unit plexmediaserver.service has failed
– Unit plexmediaserver.service has failed.
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### Author:  [@drmagoo](https://forums.plex.tv/u/drmagoo)
#### Post date: [May 16, 2018, 8:15pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/failed-to-start-plex-media-server-for-linux/235838/6 "2018-05-16T20:15:51Z")
> @cantalupo555 said:
> Sorry guys, I got not edit the first topic.
> 32bits
> ARM Cortex
>
> Firstly I had a problem installing it.
> “package architecture (i386) does not match system (armhf)”
>
> I was able to solve by executing the following command:
> sudo dpkg --add-architecture i386
Ähem. That’s an interesting approach 😄 armhf and i368 are not compatible. Please try my approach 😃 And definitively remove the i386 architecture and purge your current plex package.
[https://forums.plex.tv/discussion/309553/plex-media-server-for-armhf-and-arm64-using-debian-or-ubuntu](https://forums.plex.tv/discussion/309553/plex-media-server-for-armhf-and-arm64-using-debian-or-ubuntu)
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### Author:  [@master555](https://forums.plex.tv/u/master555)
#### Post date: [May 16, 2018, 8:50pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/failed-to-start-plex-media-server-for-linux/235838/7 "2018-05-16T20:50:49Z")
> @uglymagoo said:
>
> > @cantalupo555 said:
> > Sorry guys, I got not edit the first topic.
> > 32bits
> > ARM Cortex
> >
> > Firstly I had a problem installing it.
> > “package architecture (i386) does not match system (armhf)”
> >
> > I was able to solve by executing the following command:
> > sudo dpkg --add-architecture i386
>
> Ähem. That’s an interesting approach 😄 armhf and i368 are not compatible. Please try my approach 😃 And definitively remove the i386 architecture and purge your current plex package.
>
> [https://forums.plex.tv/discussion/309553/plex-media-server-for-armhf-and-arm64-using-debian-or-ubuntu](https://forums.plex.tv/discussion/309553/plex-media-server-for-armhf-and-arm64-using-debian-or-ubuntu)
Thank you uglymagoo and ChuckPA!
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### Author:  [@system](https://forums.plex.tv/u/system)
#### Post date: [January 8, 2020, 7:43pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/failed-to-start-plex-media-server-for-linux/235838/8 "2020-01-08T19:43:54Z")