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Just got back from holiday :slight_smile: Here is 1.8.2.

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You are awesome! Thank you!

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I finally got around to add the systemd support. I tested it quite thoroughly, but you never know :# So please test 1.8.4 with systemd, especially the migration from the ā€œoldā€ package in my repo. I will push the changes to my git repo as soon as I have the go from @ChuckPA .

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Looks around

What did I do?

:smiley:

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I just downloaded the 1.8.4 package with systemd support, followed the same installation with dpkg as before. However Plex does not start up :frowning:
I changed the user in /etc/default/plexmediaserver.prev

Let me know where to look / what to do

[EDIT] I just tried to downgrade in order to not have a complete loss. However that was worse. I have downloaded 1.8.2 but now I have lost my librariesā€¦ and they were hugeā€¦

Please Help!

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@spanishu Do not worry, nothing is deleted. Please reinstall 1.8.4 with systemd and check the settings in /etc/systemd/system/plexmediaserver.service.d/override.conf. Please tell me what setting was wrongly migrated so I can fix this.

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@uglymagoo I did that . There is no /etc/systemd/system/plexmediaserver.service.d/override.conf on raspberry pi jessie

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@spanishu said:
@uglymagoo I did that . There is no /etc/systemd/system/plexmediaserver.service.d/override.conf on raspberry pi jessie

Same on my Raspberry-Pi 3, with Stretchā€¦

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@spanishu said:
@uglymagoo I did that . There is no /etc/systemd/system/plexmediaserver.service.d/override.conf on raspberry pi jessie

Ah. I think I know what went wrong. During the package installation you were asked if would like to install the new /etc/default/plexmediaserver config file. You must have accidentally said yes, so your /etc/default/plexmediaserver was reset to the default settings and therefore also no /etc/systemd/system/plexmediaserver.service.d/override.conf was created.

/etc/default/plexmediaserver.prev is just the backup of the old settings and not used.

Solution: Just install the non-systemd 1.8.4 version and reconfigure your /etc/default/plexmediaserver (correct user and library dir). Afterwords just say no, when you are asked to update /etc/default/plexmediaserver during the installation of the systemd package.

I will rework the package, so you are not asked to overwrite `/etc/default/plexmediaserver" anymore in the next package revision (3).

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Here is the version that will not ask to replace /etc/default/plexmediaserver . I also updated the above post.

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@uglymagoo I did the steps you have indicated to recover my libraries,ā€¦ they are still there thanks !!! However I have then tried to do the new install of 1.8.4 and said NO. The PlexMediaServer does not seem to start nowā€¦ :frowning:

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@spanishu said:
@uglymagoo I did the steps you have indicated to recover my libraries,ā€¦ they are still there thanks !!! However I have then tried to do the new install of 1.8.4 and said NO. The PlexMediaServer does not seem to start nowā€¦ :frowning:

Please try the following commands:

  1. sudo systemctl stop plexmediaserver
  2. sudo systemctl start plexmediaserver
  3. sudo systemctl status plexmediaserver and post the output

Also check /etc/systemd/system/plexmediaserver.service.d/override.conf. It should be there now.

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@uglymagoo
here we go when running the stop command I got initially
Warning: Unit file of plexmediaserver.service changed on disk, 'systemctl daemon-reload' recommended
executed systemctl daemon-reload
and then ran the stop command again.
ran start command
and here is the result of the status

plexmediaserver.service - Plex Media Server for Linux
   Loaded: loaded (/lib/systemd/system/plexmediaserver.service; enabled)
  Drop-In: /etc/systemd/system/plexmediaserver.service.d
           ā””ā”€override.conf
   Active: active (running) since Fri 2017-09-08 13:26:33 CEST; 34s ago
  Process: 1000 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: 1004 (sh)
   CGroup: /system.slice/plexmediaserver.service
           ā”œā”€1004 /bin/sh -c LD_LIBRARY_PATH=/usr/lib/plexmediaserver "/usr/lib/plexmediaserver/P...
           ā””ā”€1008 /usr/lib/plexmediaserver/Plex Media Server

Sep 08 13:26:33 raspplex systemd[1]: Started Plex Media Server for Linux.

I cannot access my plex media server yet. Thanks for the help and support

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@spanishu said:
I cannot access my plex media server yet. Thanks for the help and support

Thanks for your help :slight_smile: The status output is OK. Are you still unable to access the server?

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Hi
no I cannot, however when I look at thisā€¦
/system.slice/plexmediaserver.service
ā”œā”€5217 /bin/sh -c LD_LIBRARY_PATH=/usr/lib/plexmediaserver ā€œ/usr/lib/plexmediaserver/Plex Media Serverā€
ā””ā”€5218 /usr/lib/plexmediaserver/Plex Media Server

I am wondering if that might be the cause. The ā€œapplicationā€ support is in my case under the user pi. /home/pi/Library/Application Supportā€¦

Maybe that is where the trick isā€¦

Also when I look at in htop there is no reference to plexmediaserver or any of its pluginsā€¦ a bit bizarre

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@spanishu said:
I am wondering if that might be the cause. The ā€œapplicationā€ support is in my case under the user pi. /home/pi/Library/Application Supportā€¦

No, thatā€™s OK. Itā€™s the path of the binaries.

Also when I look at in htop there is no reference to plexmediaserver or any of its pluginsā€¦ a bit bizarre

Thatā€™s indeed strange. Can you please show me the contents of /etc/default/plexmediaserver.prev and of the override file? You can also PM me, if you are concerned with privacy.

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Hey gang.

In light of what youā€™re doing here, as well as the growing need in general, I created the ā€˜how toā€™ / help for customizing PMS.
This explains how to use /etc/systemd/system/plexmediaserver.service.d/override.conf and how to interact with systemd

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For the moment I have reverted to 1.8.2 Will give it another run next week. Thanks a lot for the help and support!

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@uglymagoo and @ChuckPA Iā€™ve got it working. After a reboot, and manually creating the override.conf file.
Thanks for the great work!!!

Howto: {package-..*} is the full package name on diskā€¦
Reverted back to 1.8.2: dpkg -i {package-1.8.2}
Edited /etc/default/plexmediaserver back to the working-state
mkdir -p /etc/systemd/system/plexmediaserver.service.d/ && vim /etc/systemd/system/plexmediaserver.service.d/override.conf
Put the content of the example in https://forums.plex.tv/discussion/286395/customizing-your-plex-configuration in to it and modified
dpkg -i {package-1.8.4}
reboot

Working

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@ Everyone_reading_this

Please be awareā€¦ If cat /proc/1/comm returns systemd, the file /etc/default/plexmediaserver isnā€™t used. It was abandoned as of August 2016