# Using PlexConnect\_daemon **URL:** \ **Category:** Apps & Creations\ **Created:** [February 7, 2014, 5:58am UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/using-plexconnect_daemon/56750 "2014-02-07T05:58:52Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![antiartist](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ce7236/32.png) [@antiartist](https://forums.plex.tv/u/antiartist)\ **Post date:** [February 7, 2014, 5:58am UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/using-plexconnect_daemon/56750/1 "2014-02-07T05:58:52Z")
I'll be the first to admit that I don't know much about anything when it comes to Linux.  Using Ubuntu 10.04, python 2.7 (one of a two versions installed)   When I execute: sudo ./PlexConnect\_daemon.bash start   i get a message indicating that it was successful.  When I use the status command, I'm told that it is running.  But when I click the trailers app on my ATV, it fails to load ("Trailers is unavailable.")  Since python 2.7 isn't the default version of python installed, I assume that it's trying to use 2.6 and this is causing problems (as this is the last problem I was having with getting Plexconnect to work at all.)    How do I get it to use python 2.7?         ---
**Author:** ![wahlman.j](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/plex/user_avatar/forums.plex.tv/wahlman.j/32/6441_2.png) [@wahlman.j](https://forums.plex.tv/u/wahlman.j)\ **Post date:** [February 7, 2014, 6:11am UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/using-plexconnect_daemon/56750/2 "2014-02-07T06:11:32Z")
Not Ubuntu but maybe this will help. [https://forums.plex.tv/topic/97010-plexconnect-on-archlinux/](https://forums.plex.tv/topic/97010-plexconnect-on-archlinux/) Also this which has Ubuntu: [https://forums.plex.tv/topic/71220-linux-install-for-plex-connect/](https://forums.plex.tv/topic/71220-linux-install-for-plex-connect/) ---
**Author:** ![bwynants](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/plex/user_avatar/forums.plex.tv/bwynants/32/102771_2.png) [@bwynants](https://forums.plex.tv/u/bwynants)\ **Post date:** [February 7, 2014, 8:03am UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/using-plexconnect_daemon/56750/3 "2014-02-07T08:03:01Z")
Start with then none deamon version and watch the output ---
**Author:** ![simplify](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/71c47a/32.png) [@simplify](https://forums.plex.tv/u/simplify)\ **Post date:** [February 7, 2014, 10:31am UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/using-plexconnect_daemon/56750/4 "2014-02-07T10:31:53Z")
add the following line to /etc/rc.local python /usr/lib/PlexConnect/PlexConnect\_daemon.py save and restart - nothing more to do.  Obviously change the path to your PlexConnect installation to reflect your own installation.  I have this running on Lubuntu as a VM running on Vmware ESXI 5.5 Cheers, Darren ---
**Author:** ![antiartist](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ce7236/32.png) [@antiartist](https://forums.plex.tv/u/antiartist)\ **Post date:** [February 8, 2014, 2:46am UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/using-plexconnect_daemon/56750/5 "2014-02-08T02:46:26Z")
> Not Ubuntu but maybe this will help. > > [https://forums.plex.tv/topic/97010-plexconnect-on-archlinux/](https://forums.plex.tv/topic/97010-plexconnect-on-archlinux/) > > Also this which has Ubuntu: > > [https://forums.plex.tv/topic/71220-linux-install-for-plex-connect/](https://forums.plex.tv/topic/71220-linux-install-for-plex-connect/) Refering to the 2nd post, I have already done everything leading up to the "create init script" section.  So I create the script /etc/init.d/plexconnect as directed (using the Ubuntu script provided) and chown, chmod and update-rc.d And then I go to start the service....and there's no service named plexconnect (?)   ``` tom@HouseMedia:~$ sudo chown root:root /etc/init.d/plexconnect tom@HouseMedia:~$ sudo chmod 755 /etc/init.d/plexconnect tom@HouseMedia:~$ sudo update-rc.d plexconnect defaults update-rc.d: warning: plexconnect start runlevel arguments (2 3 4 5) do not match LSB Default-Start values (3 4 5) Adding system startup for /etc/init.d/plexconnect ... /etc/rc0.d/K20plexconnect -> ../init.d/plexconnect /etc/rc1.d/K20plexconnect -> ../init.d/plexconnect /etc/rc6.d/K20plexconnect -> ../init.d/plexconnect /etc/rc2.d/S20plexconnect -> ../init.d/plexconnect /etc/rc3.d/S20plexconnect -> ../init.d/plexconnect /etc/rc4.d/S20plexconnect -> ../init.d/plexconnect /etc/rc5.d/S20plexconnect -> ../init.d/plexconnect tom@HouseMedia:~$ sudo /sbin/service plexconnect start sudo: /sbin/service: command not found   ``` Although I am able to start it using: $sudo service plexconnect start (I'm not sure if there is a difference between the two command line entries though) The trailers app is still telling me that "Trailers is unavailable" and when I check on the status of plexconnect, I'm told it's not running ``` tom@HouseMedia:/var/run$ sudo service plexconnect start  * Starting the process PlexConnect tom@HouseMedia:/var/run$ sudo service plexconnect status  * PlexConnect process is not running ``` ---
**Author:** ![wahlman.j](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/plex/user_avatar/forums.plex.tv/wahlman.j/32/6441_2.png) [@wahlman.j](https://forums.plex.tv/u/wahlman.j)\ **Post date:** [February 8, 2014, 3:54am UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/using-plexconnect_daemon/56750/6 "2014-02-08T03:54:08Z")
Im not sure to be honest with you. I would look through the Ubuntu link quite a bit to try to see what you may be missing. There are a number of sucessful attempts at getting plexconnect to load at boot on Ubuntu in there. I have used a ton of flavors of linux but I have never installed plexconnect on any of them. Its been a number of years since I have used linux, I currently run OSX all day. ---
**Author:** ![antiartist](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ce7236/32.png) [@antiartist](https://forums.plex.tv/u/antiartist)\ **Post date:** [February 8, 2014, 5:23am UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/using-plexconnect_daemon/56750/7 "2014-02-08T05:23:52Z")
> add the following line to /etc/rc.local > > python /usr/lib/PlexConnect/PlexConnect\_daemon.py > > save and restart - nothing more to do.  Obviously change the path to your PlexConnect installation to reflect your own installation.  I have this running on Lubuntu as a VM running on Vmware ESXI 5.5 > > Cheers, > > Darren I like this and I gave this a go; no luck.  I ensured the execution bit was set on /etc/rc.local as well.  ---
**Author:** ![simplify](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/71c47a/32.png) [@simplify](https://forums.plex.tv/u/simplify)\ **Post date:** [February 9, 2014, 1:09pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/using-plexconnect_daemon/56750/8 "2014-02-09T13:09:19Z")
> I like this and I gave this a go; no luck.  I ensured the execution bit was set on /etc/rc.local as well.  what are the error messages you are getting?  anything in the logs? ---
**Author:** ![simplify](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/71c47a/32.png) [@simplify](https://forums.plex.tv/u/simplify)\ **Post date:** [February 9, 2014, 1:10pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/using-plexconnect_daemon/56750/9 "2014-02-09T13:10:28Z")
> I like this and I gave this a go; no luck.  I ensured the execution bit was set on /etc/rc.local as well.  also what do you see if you go to terminal and simply type in python /usr/lib/PlexConnect/PlexConnect.py ---
**Author:** ![shapethelola](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/7bcc69/32.png) [@shapethelola](https://forums.plex.tv/u/shapethelola)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2014, 2:52pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/using-plexconnect_daemon/56750/10 "2014-02-10T14:52:33Z")
as the others wrote, start the python PlexConnect app manually and see the output first. After that, create a symlink to /etc/init.d/plexconnect with full path to the bash init script and add it to upstart, thats actually it ---
**Author:** ![antiartist](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ce7236/32.png) [@antiartist](https://forums.plex.tv/u/antiartist)\ **Post date:** [February 14, 2014, 5:25am UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/using-plexconnect_daemon/56750/11 "2014-02-14T05:25:21Z")
> as the others wrote, start the python PlexConnect app manually and see the output first. > > After that, create a symlink to /etc/init.d/plexconnect with full path to the bash init script and add it to upstart, thats actually it I'm confused by your suggestion.   What path do I create the symlink (that points to /etc/init.d/plexconnect) in?  What "full path to bash init script" are you referring to?  Doesn't upstart require an entire script and not just a command? My apologies for not including the details of my log / output when I run plexconnect manually, see below: ``` 19:45:55 PlexConnect: started: 19:45:55 19:45:55 PlexConnect: Version: 0.3.1+ 19:45:55 PlexConnect: Python: 2.7.5 (default, Feb 6 2014, 21:23:43) [GCC 4.4.3] 19:45:55 PlexConnect: Host OS: linux2 19:45:55 Settings: getsetting enable_plexconnect_autodetect=True 19:45:55 PlexConnect: IP_self: 192.168.0.111 19:45:55 Settings: getsetting hosttointercept=trailers.apple.com 19:45:55 Settings: getsetting port_webserver=80 19:45:55 Settings: getsetting enable_dnsserver=True 19:45:55 DNSServer: started: 19:45:55 19:45:55 Settings: getsetting port_dnsserver=53 19:45:55 Settings: getsetting ip_dnsmaster=208.122.23.23 19:45:55 Settings: getsetting prevent_atv_update=True 19:45:55 DNSServer: *** 19:45:55 DNSServer: DNSServer: Serving DNS on 192.168.0.111 port 53. 19:45:55 DNSServer: intercept: ['trailers.apple.com'] => 192.168.0.111 19:45:55 DNSServer: restrain: ['mesu.apple.com', 'appldnld.apple.com', 'appldnld.apple.com.edgesuite.net'] => 127.0.0.1 19:45:55 DNSServer: forward other to higher level DNS: 208.122.23.23 19:45:55 DNSServer: *** 19:45:55 WebServer: started: 19:45:55 19:45:55 Settings: getsetting port_webserver=80 19:45:55 WebServer: *** 19:45:55 WebServer: WebServer: Serving HTTP on 192.168.0.111 port 80. 19:45:55 WebServer: *** 19:45:55 ATVSettings: init class CATVSettings 19:45:55 ATVSettings: load settings 19:45:55 Settings: getsetting enable_webserver_ssl=True 19:45:55 WebServer: started: 19:45:55 19:45:55 Settings: getsetting port_ssl=443 19:45:55 Settings: getsetting certfile=./assets/certificates/trailers.pem 19:45:55 Settings: getsetting certfile=./assets/certificates/trailers.pem 19:45:55 WebServer: *** 19:45:55 WebServer: WebServer: Serving HTTPS on 192.168.0.111 port 443. 19:45:55 WebServer: *** 19:46:07 DNSServer: DNS request received! 19:46:07 DNSServer: Source: ('192.168.0.164', 54767) 19:46:07 DNSServer: Domain: itunes.apple.com 19:46:07 DNSServer: ***forward request 19:46:07 DNSServer: -> DNS response from higher level 19:46:07 DNSServer: DNS request received! 19:46:07 DNSServer: Source: ('192.168.0.164', 53778) 19:46:07 DNSServer: Domain: EVSecure-ocsp.verisign.com 19:46:07 DNSServer: ***forward request 19:46:07 DNSServer: -> DNS response from higher level 19:46:08 DNSServer: DNS request received! 19:46:08 DNSServer: Source: ('192.168.0.164', 51238) 19:46:08 DNSServer: Domain: e5153.b.akamaiedge.net 19:46:08 DNSServer: ***forward request ``` ---
**Author:** ![shapethelola](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/7bcc69/32.png) [@shapethelola](https://forums.plex.tv/u/shapethelola)\ **Post date:** [February 14, 2014, 9:20am UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/using-plexconnect_daemon/56750/12 "2014-02-14T09:20:28Z")
as far as I can tell it is working correctly.  You need to do the following :  ``` ln -s /etc/init.d/plexconnect /path/to/plexconnect/PlexConnect_daemon.bash ``` and then  ``` sudo update-rc.d plexconnect defaults ``` That should actually do it ---
**Author:** ![antiartist](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ce7236/32.png) [@antiartist](https://forums.plex.tv/u/antiartist)\ **Post date:** [February 15, 2014, 5:10am UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/using-plexconnect_daemon/56750/13 "2014-02-15T05:10:48Z")
> as far as I can tell it is working correctly.  > > You need to do the following :  > > ``` > ln -s /etc/init.d/plexconnect /path/to/plexconnect/PlexConnect_daemon.bash > ``` > > and then  > > ``` > sudo update-rc.d plexconnect defaults > ``` > > That should actually do it No luck. ``` tom@HouseMedia:~/PlexConnect-master$ ln -s /etc/init.d/plexconnect /home/tom/PlexConnect-master/PlexConnect_daemon.bash ln: creating symbolic link`/home/tom/PlexConnect-master/PlexConnect_daemon.bash': File exists tom@HouseMedia:~/PlexConnect-master$ sudo update-rc.d plexconnect defaults [sudo] password for tom: update-rc.d: warning: plexconnect start runlevel arguments (2 3 4 5) do not match LSB Default-Start values (3 4 5) System start/stop links for /etc/init.d/plexconnect already exist. ``` And then I restart the system and have a look at what's happening... ``` tom@HouseMedia:~/PlexConnect-master$ sudo service plexconnect status * PlexConnect process is not running tom@HouseMedia:~/PlexConnect-master$ sudo service plexconnect start * PlexConnect process is not running * Starting the process PlexConnect tom@HouseMedia:~/PlexConnect-master$ sudo service plexconnect status * PlexConnect process is not running ``` the log doesn't show anything new having happened and nothing on the ATV (including trailers) seems to be able to see the network.  I then start plexconnect manually and the ATV (including plexonnect)  works as it should again.  Even with PlexConnect clearly running (everything works) the plexconnect service insists that it has not been started. ---
**Author:** ![shapethelola](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/7bcc69/32.png) [@shapethelola](https://forums.plex.tv/u/shapethelola)\ **Post date:** [February 15, 2014, 9:34am UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/using-plexconnect_daemon/56750/14 "2014-02-15T09:34:15Z")
if you already have a /etc/init.d/plexconnect file you can't create a symlink there.  ---
**Author:** ![antiartist](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ce7236/32.png) [@antiartist](https://forums.plex.tv/u/antiartist)\ **Post date:** [February 16, 2014, 12:15am UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/using-plexconnect_daemon/56750/15 "2014-02-16T00:15:14Z")
> if you already have a /etc/init.d/plexconnect file you can't create a symlink there.  Looking up[ how the ln command works](http://askubuntu.com/questions/56339/how-to-create-a-soft-or-symbolic-link), it appears that you're asking me to create a symlink named, "/PlexConnect-master/PlexConnect\_daemon.bash" that references the location "/etc/init.d/plexconnect"   Is that what you're asking me to do? Or should I be creating a symlink in /etc/init.d/plexconnect that references the PlexConnect\_daemon.bash ??? ---
**Author:** ![shapethelola](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/7bcc69/32.png) [@shapethelola](https://forums.plex.tv/u/shapethelola)\ **Post date:** [February 16, 2014, 4:10pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/using-plexconnect_daemon/56750/16 "2014-02-16T16:10:35Z")
it seems you're not dumb, you can figure this one out! :P I didn't look it up, just wrote how I remembered it. Just try it.  But as I said, it seems you had a init script there already, your errors before said so ---
**Author:** ![antiartist](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ce7236/32.png) [@antiartist](https://forums.plex.tv/u/antiartist)\ **Post date:** [February 17, 2014, 2:26am UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/using-plexconnect_daemon/56750/17 "2014-02-17T02:26:53Z")
> it seems you're not dumb, you can figure this one out! :P I didn't look it up, just wrote how I remembered it. Just try it.  > > But as I said, it seems you had a init script there already, your errors before said so Yep, not dumb, just confused.   I have deleted the existing /etc/init.d/plexconnect file and create the symlink but then I get this strange error doing update-rc.d:  ``` tom@HouseMedia:/etc/init.d$ sudo ln -s /path/to/plexconnect/PlexConnect_daemon.bash /etc/init.d/plexconnect tom@HouseMedia:/etc/init.d$ sudo update-rc.d plexconnect defaults update-rc.d: /etc/init.d/plexconnect: file does not exist tom@HouseMedia:/etc/init.d$ ls alsa-mixer-save lm-sensors sendsigs anacron lxdm single apache2 mediatomb skeleton apparmor mgetty-fax smbd atd module-init-tools spamassassin avahi-daemon mt-daapd ssh bacula-director mysql stop-bootlogd bacula-fd networking stop-bootlogd-single bacula-sd network-interface sysstat bluetooth network-interface-security tightvncserver bootlogd network-manager transmission-daemon calibre nmbd udev clamav-daemon ntp udev-finish clamav-freshclam ondemand udevmonitor console-setup plexconnect udevtrigger cron plexmediaserver ufw cups plymouth umountfs dbus plymouth-log umountnfs.sh dmesg plymouth-splash umountroot dns-clean plymouth-stop unattended-upgrades dropbox postfix urandom failsafe-x powernowd vboxautostart-service fancontrol powernowd.early vboxballoonctrl-service forked-daapd.dpkg-new pppd-dns vboxdrv.dpkg-bak grub-common procps vboxweb-service halt rc virtualbox-ose hostname rc.local webmin hsf rcS wpa-ifupdown hwclock README x11-common hwclock-save reboot xdm hylafax rsync xinetd irqbalance rsyslog yum-updatesd killprocs screen-cleanup ``` But as you can see, /etc/init.d/plexconnect does indeed exist. wtf.... ---
**Author:** ![shapethelola](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/7bcc69/32.png) [@shapethelola](https://forums.plex.tv/u/shapethelola)\ **Post date:** [February 17, 2014, 7:37am UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/using-plexconnect_daemon/56750/18 "2014-02-17T07:37:01Z")
yea, you created a symlink to /path/to/plexconnect/ which of course does not exist :D You should replace that path with /home/tom/PlexConnect-master/PlexConnect\_daemon.bash a  ``` ls -la ``` command in /etc/init.d/ will show that you basically directed that link to a nonexistent file. It does of course now exist but it doesnt point to anything so it actually does not exist :) ---
**Author:** ![Azathoth](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/plex/user_avatar/forums.plex.tv/azathoth/32/138610_2.png) [@Azathoth](https://forums.plex.tv/u/Azathoth)\ **Post date:** [February 17, 2014, 11:12am UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/using-plexconnect_daemon/56750/19 "2014-02-17T11:12:17Z")
> It does of course now exist but it doesnt point to anything so it actually does not exist :) Very Schrödinger'esque ;) ---
**Author:** ![shapethelola](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/7bcc69/32.png) [@shapethelola](https://forums.plex.tv/u/shapethelola)\ **Post date:** [February 17, 2014, 12:26pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/using-plexconnect_daemon/56750/20 "2014-02-17T12:26:36Z")
yea sure, but why not :P [Next page](https://forums.plex.tv/t/using-plexconnect_daemon/56750.md?page=2)