Linux Server wont upgrade v 1.19

Plex Media Server Desktops & Laptops
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Thanks. The logs are clean but, as expected, end as of April 21

I did a bit of hackery yesterday with another user which worked out well in solving a problem.

I’d like to use that technique here to diagnose your system.

  1. Copy /usr/lib/plexmediaserver/lib/plexmediaserver.init to /tmp
  2. Open in an editor.
  3. Scroll down to the launch line (su -blah blah-exec)
  4. At the end of the line, find and remove the redirection to /dev/null as well as the background launch.
  5. Save
  6. As root, execute it with /tmp/plexmediaserver.init start

It will launch in foreground mode. Anything coming from PMS’ stdour or stderr will be printed in your terminal window.

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Can you be more detailed about step 4 ?

change
su -m $PLEX_MEDIA_SERVER_USER -s /bin/sh -c "exec ${PLEX_MEDIA_SERVER_HOME}/Plex\ Media\ Server &" >/dev/null 2>&1

to

su -m $PLEX_MEDIA_SERVER_USER -s /bin/sh -c "exec ${PLEX_MEDIA_SERVER_HOME}/Plex\ Media\ Server"

is that right ? and how do I shutdown the background launch?

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That’s right but someone is seriously wrong.

That’s not the code which should be there.

Please give me a few minutes to resolve this.

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Thanks.

You’re ok to proceed.

What’s happened on my end, which surprised me, is I wasn’t seeing other changes which had been approved two weeks ago and should already be in the code.

I’ve messaged the team, pointing out the discrepancy , and asking them to help me resolve where it went. It’s probably a simple error to correct. (but that’s why i test a lot before releasing into production)

Per your questions:

  1. Any normal linux will show you the jobs the shell has in the background
  2. Just kill %x (where x is the job number) will stop that background task.
  3. This is the same as Ctrl-C when in foreground
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@ChuckPa

so am I best starting with a fresh install and copy Plex across?

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@ChuckPa
Is that what you need ?

root@aria2-server:/tmp# /tmp/plexmediaserver.init start
Starting Plex Media Server. 
terminate called after throwing an instance of 'std::runtime_error'
  what():  locale::facet::_S_create_c_locale name not valid
Aborted (core dumped)
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I think I might have intermixed two different issues by accident.
If you’d both please confirm for me?

@wopag

Your issue is isolated to preinstallation ?

@kingzleshe_sina_com

You can install but cannot run ?

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@ChuckPa
can not run indeed

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@kingzleshe_sina_com

Your system isn’t configured properly.
This isn’t a plex problem but easily fixed.

https://www.ubuntugeek.com/how-to-select-and-generate-locales-on-ubuntu.html

Once the localization files have been defined, PMS will be able to start

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@ChuckPa
wow It worked
If I may ask how did you know that is a localization files issue？

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_S_create_c_locale name not valid “locale” is your machine’s localization.

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@wopag

I use 19.10 here, a fresh installation, without issue.
If you upgraded from 15 -> 19 this is why.

Can you start over with a fresh installation of 19 (no more upstart) ?

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I have to agree with @ChuckPa on this one, the general rule of thumb with Debian (and Ubuntu) upgrades is, your allowed one dist-upgrade and then its better to lay down a fresh OS for your next upgrade.

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I’ll take the opportunity to move servers, update from an i5 to an i7.

fresh headless install of Linux too. consider my thread closed

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