Plex Media Server Service wont start

Plex Media Server Desktops & Laptops
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Hi, I’ve just my plex server has just stop working.

The plexmediaserver service wont start. I’ve searched the forum and nothing seems to work. The only nfo I have is by running

root@raspberrypi:~# systemctl status plexmediaserver.service
● plexmediaserver.service - Plex Media Server for Linux
   Loaded: loaded (/lib/systemd/system/plexmediaserver.service; enabled)
   Active: failed (Result: start-limit) since Thu 2018-10-11 04:05:12 BST; 28s ago
  Process: 910 ExecStart=/bin/sh -c LD_LIBRARY_PATH=/usr/lib/plexmediaserver "/usr/lib/plexmediaserver/Plex Media Server" (code=exited, status=255)
  Process: 907 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: 910 (code=exited, status=255)

Oct 11 04:05:07 raspberrypi systemd[1]: Unit plexmediaserver.service entered failed state.
Oct 11 04:05:12 raspberrypi systemd[1]: plexmediaserver.service holdoff time over, scheduling restart.
Oct 11 04:05:12 raspberrypi systemd[1]: Stopping Plex Media Server for Linux...
Oct 11 04:05:12 raspberrypi systemd[1]: Starting Plex Media Server for Linux...
Oct 11 04:05:12 raspberrypi systemd[1]: plexmediaserver.service start request repeated too quickly, refusing to start.
Oct 11 04:05:12 raspberrypi systemd[1]: Failed to start Plex Media Server for Linux.
Oct 11 04:05:12 raspberrypi systemd[1]: Unit plexmediaserver.service entered failed state.
Oct 11 04:05:25 raspberrypi systemd[1]: Starting Plex Media Server for Linux...
Oct 11 04:05:25 raspberrypi systemd[1]: plexmediaserver.service start request repeated too quickly, refusing to start.
Oct 11 04:05:25 raspberrypi systemd[1]: Failed to start Plex Media Server for Linux.

Does someone know how to fix this?
Thanks

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Look at the journalctl output. It will tell you precisely why it failed to start.

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It gives me around 2600 lines, should I look for something specific?

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Just did service start plexmediaserver. journalctl -xe gave this for this service

Oct 12 03:16:42 raspberrypi systemd[1]: Starting Plex Media Server for Linux...
-- Subject: Unit plexmediaserver.service has begun with start-up
-- Defined-By: systemd
-- Support: http://lists.freedesktop.org/mailman/listinfo/systemd-devel
-- 
-- Unit plexmediaserver.service has begun starting up.
Oct 12 03:16:42 raspberrypi systemd[1]: Started Plex Media Server for Linux.
-- Subject: Unit plexmediaserver.service has finished start-up
-- Defined-By: systemd
-- Support: http://lists.freedesktop.org/mailman/listinfo/systemd-devel
-- 
-- Unit plexmediaserver.service has finished starting up.
-- 
-- The start-up result is done.
Oct 12 03:16:43 raspberrypi systemd[1]: plexmediaserver.service: main process exited, code=exited, status=255/n/a
Oct 12 03:16:43 raspberrypi systemd[1]: Unit plexmediaserver.service entered failed state.
Oct 12 03:16:48 raspberrypi systemd[1]: plexmediaserver.service holdoff time over, scheduling restart.
Oct 12 03:16:48 raspberrypi systemd[1]: Stopping Plex Media Server for Linux...
-- Subject: Unit plexmediaserver.service has begun shutting down
-- Defined-By: systemd
-- Support: http://lists.freedesktop.org/mailman/listinfo/systemd-devel
-- 
-- Unit plexmediaserver.service has begun shutting down.
Oct 12 03:16:48 raspberrypi systemd[1]: Starting Plex Media Server for Linux...
-- Subject: Unit plexmediaserver.service has begun with start-up
-- Defined-By: systemd
-- Support: http://lists.freedesktop.org/mailman/listinfo/systemd-devel
-- 
-- Unit plexmediaserver.service has begun starting up.
Oct 12 03:16:48 raspberrypi systemd[1]: Started Plex Media Server for Linux.
-- Subject: Unit plexmediaserver.service has finished start-up
-- Defined-By: systemd
-- Support: http://lists.freedesktop.org/mailman/listinfo/systemd-devel
-- 
-- Unit plexmediaserver.service has finished starting up.
-- 
-- The start-up result is done.
Oct 12 03:16:49 raspberrypi systemd[1]: plexmediaserver.service: main process exited, code=exited, status=255/n/a
Oct 12 03:16:49 raspberrypi systemd[1]: Unit plexmediaserver.service entered failed state.
Oct 12 03:16:54 raspberrypi systemd[1]: plexmediaserver.service holdoff time over, scheduling restart.
Oct 12 03:16:54 raspberrypi systemd[1]: Stopping Plex Media Server for Linux...
-- Subject: Unit plexmediaserver.service has begun shutting down
-- Defined-By: systemd
-- Support: http://lists.freedesktop.org/mailman/listinfo/systemd-devel
-- 
-- Unit plexmediaserver.service has begun shutting down.
Oct 12 03:16:54 raspberrypi systemd[1]: Starting Plex Media Server for Linux...
-- Subject: Unit plexmediaserver.service has begun with start-up
-- Defined-By: systemd
-- Support: http://lists.freedesktop.org/mailman/listinfo/systemd-devel
-- 
-- Unit plexmediaserver.service has begun starting up.
Oct 12 03:16:54 raspberrypi systemd[1]: Started Plex Media Server for Linux.
-- Subject: Unit plexmediaserver.service has finished start-up
-- Defined-By: systemd
-- Support: http://lists.freedesktop.org/mailman/listinfo/systemd-devel
-- 
-- Unit plexmediaserver.service has finished starting up.
-- 
-- The start-up result is done.
Oct 12 03:16:55 raspberrypi systemd[1]: plexmediaserver.service: main process exited, code=exited, status=255/n/a
Oct 12 03:16:55 raspberrypi systemd[1]: Unit plexmediaserver.service entered failed state.
Oct 12 03:17:00 raspberrypi systemd[1]: plexmediaserver.service holdoff time over, scheduling restart.
Oct 12 03:17:00 raspberrypi systemd[1]: Stopping Plex Media Server for Linux...
-- Subject: Unit plexmediaserver.service has begun shutting down
-- Defined-By: systemd
-- Support: http://lists.freedesktop.org/mailman/listinfo/systemd-devel
-- 
-- Unit plexmediaserver.service has begun shutting down.
Oct 12 03:17:00 raspberrypi systemd[1]: Starting Plex Media Server for Linux...
-- Subject: Unit plexmediaserver.service has begun with start-up
-- Defined-By: systemd
-- Support: http://lists.freedesktop.org/mailman/listinfo/systemd-devel
-- 
-- Unit plexmediaserver.service has begun starting up.
Oct 12 03:17:00 raspberrypi systemd[1]: plexmediaserver.service start request repeated too quickly, refusing to start.
Oct 12 03:17:00 raspberrypi systemd[1]: Failed to start Plex Media Server for Linux.
-- Subject: Unit plexmediaserver.service has failed
-- Defined-By: systemd
-- Support: http://lists.freedesktop.org/mailman/listinfo/systemd-devel
-- 
-- Unit plexmediaserver.service has failed.
-- 
-- The result is failed.
Oct 12 03:17:00 raspberrypi systemd[1]: Unit plexmediaserver.service entered failed state.
Oct 12 03:17:01 raspberrypi CRON[1888]: pam_unix(cron:session): session opened for user root by (uid=0)
Oct 12 03:17:01 raspberrypi CRON[1895]: (root) CMD (   cd / && run-parts --report /etc/cron.hourly)
Oct 12 03:17:01 raspberrypi CRON[1888]: pam_unix(cron:session): session closed for user root
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Please get us the server logs.

https://support.plex.tv/articles/200250417-plex-media-server-log-files/

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