Plex Media Server Fails at start on CentOS 8

FernandoXD · November 4, 2019, 7:54pm

I have a few year without ussing Plex Media Server… After install CentOS 8 and follow the steps at https://www.osradar.com/install-plex-media-server-rhel-8-centos-8/

When I tried access from another PC for check I can’t access… then I go to server and fund that in journalctl:


nov 04 14:17:44 CentOS.server systemd-coredump[1481]: Process 1315 (Plex Media Serv) of user 991 dumped core.

                                                      Stack trace of thread 1315:
                                                      #0  0x00007fb5b612d93f raise (libc.so.6)
                                                      #1  0x00007fb5b6117c95 abort (libc.so.6)
                                                      #2  0x00007fb5b654efd4 _ZN9__gnu_cxx27__verbose_terminate_hand>
                                                      #3  0x00007fb5b654d80b n/a (libstdc++.so.6)
                                                      #4  0x00007fb5b654d844 _ZSt9terminatev (libstdc++.so.6)
                                                      #5  0x00007fb5b654da06 __cxa_throw (libstdc++.so.6)
                                                      #6  0x00007fb5b65675d6 _ZSt21__throw_runtime_errorPKc (libstdc>
                                                      #7  0x00007fb5b6562c34 _ZNSt6locale5facet18_S_create_c_localeE>
                                                      #8  0x00007fb5b6558432 _ZNSt6locale5_ImplC2EPKcm (libstdc++.so>
                                                      #9  0x00007fb5b6558da4 _ZNSt6localeC1EPKc (libstdc++.so.6)
                                                      #10 0x00007fb5b7f8d13a _ZN5boost10filesystem4path5imbueERKSt6l>
                                                      #11 0x000000000167444a n/a (Plex Media Server)
                                                      #12 0x000000000169c80d n/a (Plex Media Server)
                                                      #13 0x00007fb5b611979e __libc_start_main (libc.so.6)
                                                      #14 0x0000000000955029 n/a (Plex Media Server)
nov 04 14:17:46 CentOS.server kdumpctl[1308]: kexec: loaded kdump kernel
nov 04 14:17:46 CentOS.server kdumpctl[1308]: Starting kdump: [OK]
nov 04 14:17:46 CentOS.server systemd[1]: Started Crash recovery kernel arming.
nov 04 14:17:46 CentOS.server systemd[1]: Startup finished in 3.159s (kernel) + 5.404s (initrd) + 29.341s (userspace>
nov 04 14:17:46 CentOS.server chronyd[754]: Selected source 162.159.200.1
nov 04 14:17:46 CentOS.server chronyd[754]: System clock TAI offset set to 37 seconds
nov 04 14:17:49 CentOS.server systemd[1]: plexmediaserver.service: Service RestartSec=5s expired, scheduling restart.
nov 04 14:17:49 CentOS.server systemd[1]: plexmediaserver.service: Scheduled restart job, restart counter is at 1.
nov 04 14:17:49 CentOS.server systemd[1]: Stopped Plex Media Server.
nov 04 14:17:49 CentOS.server systemd[1]: Starting Plex Media Server...
nov 04 14:17:49 CentOS.server sh[1607]: /bin/sh: warning: setlocale: LC_ALL: cannot change locale (en_US.UTF-8)
nov 04 14:17:49 CentOS.server systemd[1]: Started Plex Media Server.
nov 04 14:17:49 CentOS.server sh[1610]: /bin/sh: warning: setlocale: LC_ALL: cannot change locale (en_US.UTF-8)
nov 04 14:17:49 CentOS.server sh[1610]: terminate called after throwing an instance of 'std::runtime_error'
nov 04 14:17:49 CentOS.server sh[1610]:   what():  locale::facet::_S_create_c_locale name not valid
nov 04 14:17:49 CentOS.server systemd[1]: Started Process Core Dump (PID 1621/UID 0).
nov 04 14:17:49 CentOS.server systemd[1]: plexmediaserver.service: Main process exited, code=dumped, status=6/ABRT
nov 04 14:17:49 CentOS.server systemd[1]: plexmediaserver.service: Failed with result 'core-dump'.

and after in systemctl status plexmedia server:

 plexmediaserver.service - Plex Media Server
   Loaded: loaded (/usr/lib/systemd/system/plexmediaserver.service; enabled; vendor preset: disabled)
   Active: failed (Result: core-dump) since Mon 2019-11-04 14:29:58 -05; 24min ago
  Process: 2677 ExecStart=/bin/sh -c  PLEX_MEDIA_SERVER_INFO_VENDOR="$(grep ^NAME= /etc/os-release | awk -F= "{print>
  Process: 2674 ExecStartPre=/bin/sh -c /usr/bin/test -d "${PLEX_MEDIA_SERVER_APPLICATION_SUPPORT_DIR}" || /bin/mkdi>
 Main PID: 2677 (code=dumped, signal=ABRT)

nov 04 14:29:53 CentOS.server systemd[1]: plexmediaserver.service: Main process exited, code=dumped, status=6/ABRT
nov 04 14:29:53 CentOS.server systemd[1]: plexmediaserver.service: Failed with result 'core-dump'.
nov 04 14:29:58 CentOS.server systemd[1]: plexmediaserver.service: Service RestartSec=5s expired, scheduling restart.
nov 04 14:29:58 CentOS.server systemd[1]: plexmediaserver.service: Scheduled restart job, restart counter is at 3.
nov 04 14:29:58 CentOS.server systemd[1]: Stopped Plex Media Server.
nov 04 14:29:58 CentOS.server systemd[1]: plexmediaserver.service: Start request repeated too quickly.
nov 04 14:29:58 CentOS.server systemd[1]: plexmediaserver.service: Failed with result 'core-dump'.
nov 04 14:29:58 CentOS.server systemd[1]: Failed to start Plex Media Server.
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ChuckPa · November 4, 2019, 8:16pm

The locale is not defined and properly generated.

you’re missing some of the runtime libraries from the distro
You will need set the locale

nov 04 14:17:49 CentOS.server systemd[1]: Started Plex Media Server.
nov 04 14:17:49 CentOS.server sh[1610]: /bin/sh: warning: setlocale: LC_ALL: canno```

FernandoXD · November 4, 2019, 8:29pm

How can I do it?

ChuckPa · November 4, 2019, 8:37pm

Another customer reported this same problem.
Please stand by. I will create a Centos 8 VM to see where the problem is

In the interim, make certain you have all updates.

FernandoXD · November 4, 2019, 8:51pm

Thanks, and yes… I ran yum update and the OS was updated…

ChuckPa · November 4, 2019, 9:23pm

Which installation media do you use? DVD1.iso is flawed.

ChuckPa · November 4, 2019, 9:57pm

I downloaded the other 500 MB iso image.

It too failed. It started up, required I manually enable networking (it did get an ip), and then failed to download the repositories.

I’m sorry, It cannot be made to run .

IMHO, Centos 8 cannot be supported at this time.

FernandoXD · November 4, 2019, 9:58pm

Yes, I used the 500mb install

ChuckPa · November 4, 2019, 9:59pm

At minimum, Centos 8 must wait until they release another update.

I have a number of distros in my VM environment. The problem is not here.
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FernandoXD · November 4, 2019, 10:36pm

Ok, then how can I set locale…?

ChuckPa · November 4, 2019, 11:02pm

Work with it at the command line level.

Also check the Centos forums to find which packages are missing from the distro.

FernandoXD · November 4, 2019, 11:16pm

Then is better to use CentOS 7?

ChuckPa · November 4, 2019, 11:37pm

At this point? Yes. Centos 7 is stable, supported, and well known.

FernandoXD · November 4, 2019, 11:56pm

If no another way for keep 8…

FernandoXD · November 5, 2019, 2:21am

I tried loading the variables manually but no results…

captjohn96 · November 10, 2019, 1:01am

In Centos 8 run the command “timedatectl” and see if you get a warning about the RTC being in local time zone. If so run the command “timedatectl set-local-rtc 0”. After this the Local time should be in your time zone and the RTC should be in UTC.

FernandoXD · November 10, 2019, 6:09am

Oh thanks I’ll try because today I did a fresh install of CentOS 8 but with the diference that is only minimal, without essentials tools and nor change languaje… And it works

papihe · November 25, 2019, 4:20pm

There is a known bug where ‘closest repository’ doesn’t work as an Installation Source option.

Set up the network & Host name first, then click on ‘Installation Source’
You can chose to use either a ‘mirror list’, or ‘repository URL’
For a mirror list:
Select ‘http:’ & ‘URL type’ set to ‘mirror list’ with:
http://mirrorlist.centos.org/?release=8&arch=x86_64&repo=BaseOS
For a repository URL:
Select ‘http:’ & ‘URL type’ set to ‘repository URL’ with:
mirror-specific-part-here/centos/8.0.1905/BaseOS/x86_64/os/

You can get a list of mirrors here: https://www.centos.org/download/mirrors/

bug details here:
https://bugs.centos.org/view.php?id=16456

Sztefan · February 22, 2020, 3:40pm

Hi, in my opinion this error appears when you change default language during install and en-utf8 locale is not installed. I have found an easy solution for that - installing glibc-langpack-en.

For more info see here: https://stackoverflow.com/questions/58304278/how-to-fix-character-map-file-utf-8-not-found

system · May 22, 2020, 3:40pm

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