Plex Server Not Starting

[jacpete]

Server Version#: plexmediaserver_1.13.6.5339-115f087d6_amd64.deb (Just installed but previous version was having the issue as well)
Player Version#: Local Web Player on Chrome (Won’t load as plex isn’t starting)
OS#: Linux Mint 18.2 (Ubuntu 16.04)

$ systemctl status plexmediaserver.service
● plexmediaserver.service - Plex Media Server for Linux
Loaded: loaded (/lib/systemd/system/plexmediaserver.service; enabled; vendor preset: enabled)
Active: inactive (dead) (Result: exit-code) since Wed 2018-08-22 11:39:44 CDT; 17s ago
Process: 4667 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=1/FAILURE)

Aug 22 11:39:39 charles systemd[1]: Failed to start Plex Media Server for Linux.
Aug 22 11:39:39 charles systemd[1]: plexmediaserver.service: Unit entered failed state.
Aug 22 11:39:39 charles systemd[1]: plexmediaserver.service: Failed with result ‘exit-code’.
Aug 22 11:39:44 charles systemd[1]: plexmediaserver.service: Service hold-off time over, scheduling restart.
Aug 22 11:39:44 charles systemd[1]: Stopped Plex Media Server for Linux.
Aug 22 11:39:44 charles systemd[1]: plexmediaserver.service: Start request repeated too quickly.
Aug 22 11:39:44 charles systemd[1]: Failed to start Plex Media Server for Linux.

I’d be happy to provide any other logs that may help solve the issue. I did install an update to systemd last night and am wondering if that caused the errors.

[WillieBuckMerle]

nah, just slap it on an ubuntu SERVER and it works no problemo.

-wbm

[mikec_pt]

The build we provide is for Ubuntu indeed, however since Mint is Ubuntu based it should work too.

Unfortunately the log provided shows plexmediaserver.service: Start request repeated too quickly. so this seems to be just the error you get after… well trying to restart to quickly

Perhaps journalctl will show more info on why it failed first.