I then put the file in my downloads directory and this is the response…
jeff@JeffDesktop:~ cd downloads
bash: cd: downloads: No such file or directory
jeff@JeffDesktop:~ cd downloads
bash: cd: downloads: No such file or directory
jeff@JeffDesktop:~$
I hope you read this as sincerely and with the earnest I write it.
I am sorry, but you’re not ready to use Plex on Linux yet. You don’t have the minimal level of Linux mastery required to navigate it. Plex on Linux isn’t “Point and Click” like Windows as you’re finding out. This is where you need to understand how to use Linux so you can then understand how to use PMS on Linux
We are here and, as you see, gladly help getting PMS running on Linux but the one thing we are not equipped to do is teach Linux.
I advise::
OK, I’ll uninstall Linux and be done with it.
Jeff
I’m having a similar issue.
Working in Linux since before kernel 1.0, so that’s not my issue 
I’m trying to take an old laptop here (has enough memory, barely) and use as an (experimental) Plex server. It’s old enough that Mint is the only distro that’ll run on it (not Ubuntu).
systemctl status plexmediaserver output ends in…
plexmediaserver.service: Main process exited, code=exited, status=132/n/a
plexmediaserver.service: Failed with result ‘exit-code’.
This is… not helpful…
Thoughts on how I can proceed here?
what does journalctl -xe | grep plex show?
If you pre-created a home directory for user plex it’ll be in the wrong place.
Plex, by default wants /var/lib/plexmediaserver and not /home/plex
Possible?
– Subject: Unit plexmediaserver.service has begun start-up
– Unit plexmediaserver.service has begun starting up.
– Subject: Unit plexmediaserver.service has finished start-up
– Unit plexmediaserver.service has finished starting up.
Oct 28 18:21:05 LatD400-Linux systemd[1]: plexmediaserver.service: Main process exited, code=exited, status=132/n/a
Oct 28 18:21:05 LatD400-Linux systemd[1]: plexmediaserver.service: Failed with result ‘exit-code’.
Oct 28 18:21:10 LatD400-Linux systemd[1]: plexmediaserver.service: Service hold-off time over, scheduling restart.
Oct 28 18:21:10 LatD400-Linux systemd[1]: plexmediaserver.service: Scheduled restart job, restart counter is at 2.
– Automatic restarting of the unit plexmediaserver.service has been scheduled, as the result for
– Subject: Unit plexmediaserver.service has finished shutting down
– Unit plexmediaserver.service has finished shutting down.
– Subject: Unit plexmediaserver.service has begun start-up
– Unit plexmediaserver.service has begun starting up.
– Subject: Unit plexmediaserver.service has finished start-up
– Unit plexmediaserver.service has finished starting up.
Oct 28 18:21:10 LatD400-Linux systemd[1]: plexmediaserver.service: Main process exited, code=exited, status=132/n/a
Oct 28 18:21:10 LatD400-Linux systemd[1]: plexmediaserver.service: Failed with result ‘exit-code’.
Oct 28 18:21:16 LatD400-Linux systemd[1]: plexmediaserver.service: Service hold-off time over, scheduling restart.
Oct 28 18:21:16 LatD400-Linux systemd[1]: plexmediaserver.service: Scheduled restart job, restart counter is at 3.
– Automatic restarting of the unit plexmediaserver.service has been scheduled, as the result for
– Subject: Unit plexmediaserver.service has finished shutting down
– Unit plexmediaserver.service has finished shutting down.
Oct 28 18:21:16 LatD400-Linux systemd[1]: plexmediaserver.service: Start request repeated too quickly.
Oct 28 18:21:16 LatD400-Linux systemd[1]: plexmediaserver.service: Failed with result ‘exit-code’.
– Subject: Unit plexmediaserver.service has failed
– Unit plexmediaserver.service has failed.
Oct 28 18:24:41 LatD400-Linux systemd-udevd[1841]: link_config: autonegotiation is unset or enabled, the speed and duplex are not writable.
Uninstalled and reinstalled.
● plexmediaserver.service - Plex Media Server
Loaded: loaded (/lib/systemd/system/plexmediaserver.service; enabled; vendor preset: enabled)
Active: failed (Result: exit-code) since Mon 2019-10-28 21:18:58 PDT; 2min 21s ago
Process: 4377 ExecStart=/bin/sh -c PLEX_MEDIA_SERVER_INFO_VENDOR="(grep ^NAME= /etc/os-release | awk -F= "{print \$2}" | tr -d \" )" PLEX_MEDIA_SERVER_INFO_DEVICE="PC" PLEX_MEDIA_SERVER_INFO_MODEL="(uname -m)" PLEX_MEDIA_SERVER_INFO_PLATFORM_VERSION="(grep ^VERSION= /etc/os-release | awk -F= "{print \$2}" | tr -d \" )" LD_LIBRARY_PATH=/usr/lib/plexmediaserver/lib "/usr/lib/plexmediaserver/Plex Media Server" (code=exited, status=132)
Process: 4375 ExecStartPre=/bin/sh -c /usr/bin/test -d "{PLEX_MEDIA_SERVER_APPLICATION_SUPPORT_DIR}" || /bin/mkdir -p “${PLEX_MEDIA_SERVER_APPLICATION_SUPPORT_DIR}” (code=exited, status=0/SUCCESS)
Main PID: 4377 (code=exited, status=132)
Oct 28 21:18:53 LatD400-Linux systemd[1]: plexmediaserver.service: Main process exited, code=exited, status=132/n/a
Oct 28 21:18:53 LatD400-Linux systemd[1]: plexmediaserver.service: Failed with result ‘exit-code’.
Oct 28 21:18:58 LatD400-Linux systemd[1]: plexmediaserver.service: Service hold-off time over, scheduling restart.
Oct 28 21:18:58 LatD400-Linux systemd[1]: plexmediaserver.service: Scheduled restart job, restart counter is at 3.
Oct 28 21:18:58 LatD400-Linux systemd[1]: Stopped Plex Media Server.
Oct 28 21:18:58 LatD400-Linux systemd[1]: plexmediaserver.service: Start request repeated too quickly.
Oct 28 21:18:58 LatD400-Linux systemd[1]: plexmediaserver.service: Failed with result ‘exit-code’.
Oct 28 21:18:58 LatD400-Linux systemd[1]: Failed to start Plex Media Server.
Again, I ask:
what does journalctl -xe | grep plex show?
Exactly what I pasted.
ok… let’s find out what state it is in.
ls -la /var/lib/plexmediaserver
grep plex /etc/passwd
grep plex /etc/group
Now gather the logs
sudo tar cfz /tmp/Logs.tar.gz "/var/lib/plexmediaserver/Library/Application Support/Plex Media Server/Logs"
Attach that tar.gz here
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