Plex can't find media server.

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I’m running plex media server on linux. It worked yesterday, my TV could find the media I added on my desktop. Today, tried logging in with my Roku. Now, my desktop can’t even find the plex media server. systemctl status plexmediaserver shows that it’s running. I’ve tried reinstalling plexmediaserver. I’ve rebooted. I have no options for network/server in my settings on localhost:32400. I’m at my wits end. My localhost just keeps telling me to install plex media server (which I did, sudo dpkg -i ~/Downloads/plexmediaserver_1.41.8.9834-071366d65_amd64\ \(2\).deb so please do not suggest that.)

Edit: my current guess as to what’s happening is that it’s remembering some long forgotten plex media server on my account from way back when, and failing to find it, is refusing to do anything else.

Edit 2: To be clear, this all fails to work on the machine hosting plex media server. The local media was available a few hours ago, but just went AWOL as soon as I logged into the Roku device.

Edit 3: Made a new account unrelated to the Roku login. Still broke.

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Did you open an incognito window and then open http://127.0.0.1:32400/web
to confirm it’s loading up correctly?

(Assuming browser and PMS are on the same machine. Edit to LAN IP if otherwise)

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Can you check the size of the database (com.plexapp.plugins.library.db) ?
Location probably depends on installation type but mine is located in the folder PlexMediaServer/Library/Application Support/Plex Media Server/Plug-in Support/Databases

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Ultimately, I just apt remove plexmediaserver && rm -f /var/lib/plexmediaserver then reinstalled to force it through the setup wizard again so that I could add the local media library again.

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