Plex Media Server will not start

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Durden

I installed the plexmediaserver package on my FreeBSD 10.0-RC3 system via pkg install plexmediaserver. It installed with no errors. There are no configuration files to edit for this package, it's all done in the web browser via http://localhost:32400/manage/index.html#!/dashboard. That said, I can't even get the server to start. When I try to run it with service plexmediaserver start It just says it's starting the server. No errors come up, no messages of any other kind but the server doesn't start. Now the only thing I did differently this time rather than any other time I've installed this, is I had it on a different subnet when I installed it (DHCP) than the one it is now on.

I just installed it in a VM using the exact same steps and it works fine there but not on my actual server. Anyone have any ideas where I can even begin to debug this? I haven't even found a log file that it prints to.

-todd
 
Being on different subnets could indeed cause that problem I believe. As for the logging info, take a look in /usr/local/plexdata/Plex\ Media\ Server/Logs/.
BTW, thanks for the post, I've never seen this application before and have been looking for just such a thing.
 
Thanks @segfault,

I've looked in that directory and its empty. I don't think it even gets far enough to create a log. I think I'm going to purge it from my system and reinstall, then see if it works.

It's a great media server. I use it with my Roku's. Very nice indeed.
 
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This might be a bit of a long shot but it's possible the application uses a GUI. Have you tried starting it from X?
 
I installed this over the weekend and despite some password issues with myplex (operator error), it is running. I am currently running minidlna, but I do like the interface and transcoding capabilities of plexmediaserver. I don't use the service command, but it starts just fine running /usr/local/etc/rc.d/plexmediaserver start
 
Just a quick update to my situation here. I came home from work and tried running plexmediaserver again and it started up without errors, however none of the agents worked and I was unable to add collections at all. I worked on it for a good long time and was never able to resolve this. I reinstalled Plex a few times, never go it to work on FreeBSD 10-RC2.

So I did a format and reinstall with FreeBSD 9.2 and plexmediaserver runs fine, everything works as expected on the same hardware, same network etc. I think there might be a problem with it on FreeBSD 10 from what I've seen. I just don't know enough to troubleshoot it and create a bug report.
 
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