# Linux App doesn't run on Ubuntu

**URL:** <https://forums.plex.tv/t/linux-app-doesnt-run-on-ubuntu/919639>\
**Category:** Plex Players\
**Tags:** player-linux\
**Created:** [May 22, 2025, 3:22pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/linux-app-doesnt-run-on-ubuntu/919639 "2025-05-22T15:22:05Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 4\
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**Author:** ![Leonito](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/ecc23a/32.png) [@Leonito](https://forums.plex.tv/u/Leonito)\
**Post date:** [May 22, 2025, 3:22pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/linux-app-doesnt-run-on-ubuntu/919639/1 "2025-05-22T15:22:05Z")

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Hi, I am unable to start the plex app on Ubuntu 24.04. I’ve tried both the snap and flatpak versions, it’s the same thing each time : the app just doesn’t start, and there isn’t even any error in the syslog.

Server Version#: /  
Player Version#: 1.109.0

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**Author:** ![vincentjansen427](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/c67d28/32.png) [@vincentjansen427](https://forums.plex.tv/u/vincentjansen427)\
**Post date:** [May 22, 2025, 7:24pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/linux-app-doesnt-run-on-ubuntu/919639/2 "2025-05-22T19:24:16Z")

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Same problem here I think. It does start but fails to look for servers.

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**Author:** ![Leonito](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/ecc23a/32.png) [@Leonito](https://forums.plex.tv/u/Leonito)\
**Post date:** [May 30, 2025, 4:58pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/linux-app-doesnt-run-on-ubuntu/919639/3 "2025-05-30T16:58:18Z")

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Anything on this ?

I’ve tried to open a session under X11, but the result is the same : the app does not start, it only shows up for a few seconds in the process list before exiting. No window is ever shown. Nothing appears in the terminal after issuing the flatpak run command, it exits silently with code 0.

The only difference compared to wayland is that the syslog contains sometthing :

```auto
2025-05-30T18:48:07.814472+02:00 Slimbook systemd[12494]: Started app-flatpak-tv.plex.PlexDesktop-16350.scope.
2025-05-30T18:48:07.975524+02:00 Slimbook /usr/libexec/gdm-x-session[12579]: (II) AMDGPU(0): EDID vendor "BOE", prod id 3205
2025-05-30T18:48:07.975609+02:00 Slimbook /usr/libexec/gdm-x-session[12579]: (II) AMDGPU(0): Using hsync ranges from config file
2025-05-30T18:48:07.975631+02:00 Slimbook /usr/libexec/gdm-x-session[12579]: (II) AMDGPU(0): Using vrefresh ranges from config file
2025-05-30T18:48:07.975662+02:00 Slimbook /usr/libexec/gdm-x-session[12579]: (II) AMDGPU(0): Printing DDC gathered Modelines:
2025-05-30T18:48:07.975677+02:00 Slimbook /usr/libexec/gdm-x-session[12579]: (II) AMDGPU(0): Modeline "2560x1600"x0.0 554.88 2560 2608 2640 2720 1600 1603 1609 1700 +hsync -vsync (204.0 kHz eP)
2025-05-30T18:48:07.975691+02:00 Slimbook /usr/libexec/gdm-x-session[12579]: (II) AMDGPU(0): Modeline "2560x1600"x0.0 277.44 2560 2608 2640 2720 1600 1603 1609 1700 +hsync -vsync (102.0 kHz e)
2025-05-30T18:48:07.977001+02:00 Slimbook /usr/libexec/gdm-x-session[12579]: (II) AMDGPU(0): EDID vendor "BOE", prod id 3205
2025-05-30T18:48:07.977029+02:00 Slimbook /usr/libexec/gdm-x-session[12579]: (II) AMDGPU(0): Using hsync ranges from config file
2025-05-30T18:48:07.977039+02:00 Slimbook /usr/libexec/gdm-x-session[12579]: (II) AMDGPU(0): Using vrefresh ranges from config file
2025-05-30T18:48:07.977053+02:00 Slimbook /usr/libexec/gdm-x-session[12579]: (II) AMDGPU(0): Printing DDC gathered Modelines:
2025-05-30T18:48:07.977067+02:00 Slimbook /usr/libexec/gdm-x-session[12579]: (II) AMDGPU(0): Modeline "2560x1600"x0.0 554.88 2560 2608 2640 2720 1600 1603 1609 1700 +hsync -vsync (204.0 kHz eP)
2025-05-30T18:48:07.977081+02:00 Slimbook /usr/libexec/gdm-x-session[12579]: (II) AMDGPU(0): Modeline "2560x1600"x0.0 277.44 2560 2608 2640 2720 1600 1603 1609 1700 +hsync -vsync (102.0 kHz e)

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but nothing looks like an error, just some display info

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**Author:** ![system](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/plex/original/3X/2/a/2acb9765406f63293d357b4ec509ec39aa28f2ad.png) [@system](https://forums.plex.tv/u/system)\
**Post date:** [August 28, 2025, 4:59pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/linux-app-doesnt-run-on-ubuntu/919639/4 "2025-08-28T16:59:04Z")

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