Plex media server refuses to start

Hey guys. Im having quite a bit of trouble getting plex to start.

Ive purged and reinstalled several times. My problem is that it used to work, and I accidentally updated it from inside the plex GUI. This broike everything.

Heres some info

root@Tower:~# stat /media/763f9409-ea1f-497d-870a-de69192bc0bf/plexmediaserver
File: `/media/763f9409-ea1f-497d-870a-de69192bc0bf/plexmediaserver'
Size: 4096 Blocks: 8 IO Block: 4096 directory
Device: 801h/2049d Inode: 15073281 Links: 3
Access: (2755/drwxr-sr-x) Uid: ( 115/ plex) Gid: ( 116/ plex)
Access: 2015-09-28 19:24:12.933578425 -0400
Modify: 2015-09-28 19:11:21.495325590 -0400
Change: 2015-09-28 19:13:06.832695267 -0400
Birth: -

root@Tower:~# id plex
uid=115(plex) gid=116(plex) groups=116(plex)

root@Tower:~# ls -lah /media/763f9409-ea1f-497d-870a-de69192bc0bf/plexmediaserver
total 12K
drwxr-sr-x 3 plex plex 4.0K Sep 28 19:11 .
drwxrwsrwx 11 nobody root 4.0K Sep 28 19:13 ..
d-wx--S--- 3 plex plex 4.0K Sep 28 19:11 Library

root@Tower:~# service plexmediaserver start
Starting Plex Media Server: done

root@Tower:~# service plexmediaserver status
It seems that Plex Media Server isn't running (no process found).

Ive tried for hours to figure it out but it just wont seem to start.

Any ideas?

No dice. I purged everything, and installed the package via dpkg and I still get

root@Tower:~# service plexmediaserver status
t seems that Plex Media Server isn't running (no process found).

Edit: do I need to install plex via the gui, and then run the dpkg -i install?

Sure
https://imgur.com/OfZQCIe

But the folder that plex has its libraries in is not a shared folder. Its just in the root of one of my drives

All the shared folders are folders inside of my pool

And no, ACL's can die in a fire

root@Tower:~# ls -la /media/527fd786-e0f4-4bb3-b9fb-9f2355d62be8/
total 189212
drwxrwsrwx 27 nobody root 4096 Sep 29 19:26 .
drwxr-xr-x 10 root root 4096 Sep 9 19:45 ..
-rw------- 1 root root 6144 Sep 28 19:01 aquota.group
-rw------- 1 root root 8192 Sep 28 19:01 aquota.user
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 492 Aug 29 00:36 config.xml
drwxr-xr-x 2 root users 4096 Aug 13 15:07 Delugebackup
drwxrwsrwx 2 root root 16384 Aug 13 02:02 lost+found
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 685494 Aug 29 00:38 nzbdrone_backup_2015.08.29_00.36.20.zip
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 4953088 Aug 29 00:36 nzbdrone.db
drwxr-sr-x 3 plex plex 4096 Sep 29 19:24 plexmediaserver
drwx--S--- 2 root users 4096 Sep 10 21:48 Private
drwxrwsrwx 10 nobody users 4096 Sep 13 13:38 Shared
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 1343 Sep 9 19:39 snapraid.conf
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 1094 Sep 9 19:38 snapraid.conf.bak
-rw------- 1 root root 188024917 Sep 28 18:33 snapraid.content
-rwxrwsrwx 1 root root 0 Sep 28 18:32 snapraid.content.lock
drwxrwsrwx 5 debian-transmission users 4096 Aug 20 01:02 torrents
drwxrwsrwx 4 nobody users 4096 Aug 20 18:38 usenet
drwxrwxrwx 17 nobody users 4096 Sep 28 18:34 usenetdownloads

What isnt correct about the listing of the plex folder?

The folder that is listed as nobody:root is the pool, not the plexmediaserver folder.

root@Tower:/media/527fd786-e0f4-4bb3-b9fb-9f2355d62be8# ls -lah
total 185M
drwxrwsrwx 27 nobody root 4.0K Sep 29 19:26 .

the plex folder is
drwxr-sr-x 3 plex plex 4.0K Sep 29 19:24 plexmediaserver

Does the pool need to be set to nobody:nobody?

I chowned it but still no luck

In my original listing the one with the .. prefix is the pool

Hmm, okay I ran a
chmod g-s -R *

on /media

so now I have
drwxr-xr-x 3 plex plex 4.0K Sep 29 19:24 plexmediaserver

Lol idk? I never changed the perms for the pool.

Should I do nobody:nobody?

It keeps running then dying!!

root@Tower:/media/527fd786-e0f4-4bb3-b9fb-9f2355d62be8# service plexmediaserver start
Starting Plex Media Server: done
root@Tower:/media/527fd786-e0f4-4bb3-b9fb-9f2355d62be8# service plexmediaserver status
Plex Media Server process running.
root@Tower:/media/527fd786-e0f4-4bb3-b9fb-9f2355d62be8# service plexmediaserver status
It seems that Plex Media Server isn't running (no process found).

I ran a chmod to set it all to 775

root@Tower:/media/527fd786-e0f4-4bb3-b9fb-9f2355d62be8# ls -lah plexmediaserver/
total 12K
drwxrwxr-x 3 plex plex 4.0K Sep 29 19:24 .
drwxrwxrwx 27 nobody root 4.0K Sep 29 19:26 ..
drwxrwxr-x 3 plex plex 4.0K Sep 29 19:24 Library

I likely ran a 2775 instead of just 775 (habit from work)

....is that bad...?

let me clarify, the only chmod I ran from /media was to remove the sticky gid bit.

I didnt run the 775 from media, I only ran that on the plex folder

See:
root@Tower:/media/763f9409-ea1f-497d-870a-de69192bc0bf# ls -lah /media/527fd786-e0f4-4bb3-b9fb-9f2355d62be8/
total 185M
drwxrwxrwx 27 nobody root 4.0K Sep 29 19:26 .
drwxr-xr-x 10 root root 4.0K Sep 9 19:45 ..
-rw------- 1 root root 6.0K Sep 28 19:01 aquota.group
-rw------- 1 root root 8.0K Sep 28 19:01 aquota.user
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 492 Aug 29 00:36 config.xml
drwxr-xr-x 2 root users 4.0K Aug 13 15:07 Delugebackup
drwxrwxrwx 2 root root 16K Aug 13 02:02 lost+found
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 670K Aug 29 00:38 nzbdrone_backup_2015.08.29_00.36.20.zip
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 4.8M Aug 29 00:36 nzbdrone.db
drwxrwxr-x 3 plex plex 4.0K Sep 29 19:24 plexmediaserver
drwx------ 2 root users 4.0K Sep 10 21:48 Private
drwxrwxrwx 10 nobody users 4.0K Sep 13 13:38 Shared
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 1.4K Sep 9 19:39 snapraid.conf
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 1.1K Sep 9 19:38 snapraid.conf.bak
-rw------- 1 root root 180M Sep 28 18:33 snapraid.content
-rwxrwxrwx 1 root root 0 Sep 28 18:32 snapraid.content.lock
drwxrwxrwx 5 debian-transmission users 4.0K Aug 20 01:02 torrents
drwxrwxrwx 4 nobody users 4.0K Aug 20 18:38 usenet
drwxrwxrwx 17 nobody users 4.0K Sep 28 18:34 usenetdownloads

Stuff is still set to the proper things