can't start plexmediaserver

coogh · 28. Oktober 2014

Hi all,
I can't start plex media server. There's no way.. Installed, uninstalled.. Reinstalled again.. Try to start manually.. Every time the web ui is unreachable, 404, and plex isn't running.
Can you help me please?

ryecoaaron · 28. Oktober 2014

dpkg -l | grep openmediavault
cat /etc/passwd | grep ^plex
showkey plexmediaserver

Sergio · 28. Oktober 2014

Plex won't start if there's wrong database location or volume configurated.
Have you changed the default volume and folder location?
I would first test with the default values.

coogh · 29. Oktober 2014

Code

root@aki-nas:~# dpkg -l | grep openmediavault
ii  openmediavault                     1.0.29                        all          Open network attached storage solution
ii  openmediavault-jdownloader         1.0.6                         all          OpenMediaVault Jdownloader plugin
ii  openmediavault-keyring             0.3                           all          GnuPG archive keys of the OpenMediaVault archive
ii  openmediavault-nginx               1.0.9                         all          Nginx plugin for OpenMediaVault.
ii  openmediavault-omvextrasorg        1.0.17                        all          OMV-Extras.org Package Repositories for OpenMediaVault
ii  openmediavault-plexmediaserver     1.0.3                         all          OpenMediaVault Plex Media Server plugin
ii  openmediavault-pyload              1.0.0                         all          OpenMediaVault pyLoad plugin
ii  openmediavault-transmissionbt      1.0.8                         all          OpenMediaVault Transmission (BitTorrent client) plugin
ii  openmediavault-usbbackup           1.0.2                         all          OpenMediaVault USB/eSATA backup plugin

Code

root@aki-nas:~# cat /etc/passwd | grep ^plex
plex:x:112:65534::/media/1c59ca65-3fe5-4c5f-acb0-076b03c7460a/plexmediaserver:/bin/bash

Code

root@aki-nas:~# showkey plexmediaserver
    <plexmediaserver>
      <enable>1</enable>
      <db-folder>/media/1c59ca65-3fe5-4c5f-acb0-076b03c7460a/plexmediaserver</db-folder>
      <mntentref>bd073d81-7509-4f2c-b006-ecae0f24b3d0</mntentref>
      <showtab>1</showtab>
    </plexmediaserver>

ryecoaaron · 29. Oktober 2014

How about: ls -al /media/1c59ca65-3fe5-4c5f-acb0-076b03c7460a/plexmediaserver/

coogh · 29. Oktober 2014

root@aki-nas:~# ls -al /media/1c59ca65-3fe5-4c5f-acb0-076b03c7460a/plexmediaserver/
totale 12
drwxrwsrwx 3 plex nogroup 4096 ott 28 07:12 .
drwxrws--- 14 root users 4096 ott 28 07:12 ..
drwxr-sr-x 3 plex nogroup 4096 ott 26 05:17 Library
root@aki-nas:~#

tekkb · 29. Oktober 2014

give results of the stat & id command:
cd /media/1c59ca65-3fe5-4c5f-acb0-076b03c7460a
stat plexmediaserver

id plex

davidh2k · 29. Oktober 2014

Zitat von tekkb

give results of the stat & id command:
cd /media/1c59ca65-3fe5-4c5f-acb0-076b03c7460a
stat plexmediaserver

id plex

Wie du immer denkst die UID wäre nicht die richtige

Gruß
David

tekkb · 29. Oktober 2014

i don't but you have to check. i go thru a set pattern of questions i think.

coogh · 30. Oktober 2014

root@aki-nas:~# cd /media/1c59ca65-3fe5-4c5f-acb0-076b03c7460a
root@aki-nas:/media/1c59ca65-3fe5-4c5f-acb0-076b03c7460a# stat plexmediaserver
File: "plexmediaserver"
Dim.: 4096 Blocchi: 8 Blocco di IO: 4096 directory
Device: 97fh/2431d Inode: 350486529 Coll.: 3
Accesso: (2777/drwxrwsrwx) Uid: ( 112/ plex) Gid: (65534/ nogroup)
Accesso : 2014-10-29 20:20:05.288012582 +0100
Modifica : 2014-10-28 07:12:10.888807769 +0100
Cambio : 2014-10-28 07:13:56.792810308 +0100
Creazione: -
root@aki-nas:/media/1c59ca65-3fe5-4c5f-acb0-076b03c7460a# id plex
uid=112(plex) gid=65534(nogroup) gruppi=65534(nogroup)
root@aki-nas:/media/1c59ca65-3fe5-4c5f-acb0-076b03c7460a#

tekkb · 30. Oktober 2014

I better get a like for this. I had to upgrade an old vm to track down this problem:

1) In command line:
omv-mkconf fstab

2) Then reboot.

3) Then in command line again. All these are probably not needed but I want to be sure you get clean install:

Code

apt-get --purge remove openmediavault-plexmediaserver
apt-get --purge remove plexmediaserver
userdel plex
rm -rf /media/1c59ca65-3fe5-4c5f-acb0-076b03c7460a/plexmediaserver

4) Then reinstall the plugin again in OMV web gui....

For some reason during the upgrade process the fstab file is removing the filesystem mounts for the data drives.

coogh · 30. Oktober 2014

everything good, but....
when i try to install... this is what happened:

Reading package lists...Building dependency tree...Reading state information...The following extra packages will be installed:plexmediaserverThe following NEW packages will be installed:openmediavault-plexmediaserver plexmediaserver0 upgraded, 2 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded.Need to get 91.3 MB of archives.After this operation, 205 kB of additional disk space will be used.WARNING: The following packages cannot be authenticated!plexmediaserver openmediavault-plexmediaserverAuthentication warning overridden.Get:1 http://dh2k.omv-extras.org/debian/ plex-wheezy-mirror/main plexmediaserver amd64 0.9.11.1.678-c48ffd2-debian [91.2 MB]Err http://packages.omv-extras.org/debian/ kralizec-plex/main openmediavault-plexmediaserver all 1.0.3404 Not FoundFailed to fetch http://packages.omv-extras.org…mediaserver_1.0.3_all.deb 404 Not FoundFetched 91.2 MB in 28s (3226 kB/s)Selecting previously unselected package plexmediaserver.(Reading database ... 37986 files and directories currently installed.)Unpacking plexmediaserver (from .../plexmediaserver_0.9.11.1.678-c48ffd2-debian_amd64.deb) ...Creating index of upgradeable packages ...Creating index of OpenMediaVault plugins

...and then the installation is hanging...

tekkb · 30. Oktober 2014

This is repo or dns server issue. Did you set dns server in OMV web gui?

In OMV web gui @ /System/Netork/DNS Server
primary should be: ip of your ROUTER
secondary should be: 8.8.8.8

Or the repo is down... see if aaron says anything about your post.

davidh2k · 30. Oktober 2014

Run apt-get update, your apt-cache is out of date.

Greetings
David

coogh · 30. Oktober 2014

dns OK, i did apt-get update, the install plex via web ui, this is the result:

Reading package lists...
Building dependency tree...
Reading state information...
The following NEW packages will be installed:
openmediavault-plexmediaserver
0 upgraded, 1 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded.
1 not fully installed or removed.
Need to get 17.7 kB of archives.
After this operation, 61.4 kB of additional disk space will be used.
WARNING: The following packages cannot be authenticated!
openmediavault-plexmediaserver
Authentication warning overridden.
Get:1 http://packages.omv-extras.org/debian/ kralizec-plex/main openmediavault-plexmediaserver all 1.0.4 [17.7 kB]
Fetched 17.7 kB in 0s (27.3 kB/s)
Selecting previously unselected package openmediavault-plexmediaserver.
(Reading database ... 41880 files and directories currently installed.)
Unpacking openmediavault-plexmediaserver (from .../openmediavault-plexmediaserver_1.0.4_all.deb) ...
Processing triggers for openmediavault ...
Restarting engine daemon ...
Setting up plexmediaserver (0.9.11.1.678-c48ffd2-debian) ...
update-rc.d: using dependency based boot sequencing
Plex Media Server is not running (no process found)...
Starting Plex Media Server: done
Setting up openmediavault-plexmediaserver (1.0.4) ...
chown: changing ownership of `/var/lib/plexmediaserver/Library/Application Support/Plex Media Server/Plug-ins/Media-Flags.bundle/Contents/Resources/Studio/.Porchlight.png.zq5HeF': No such file or directory
dpkg: error processing openmediavault-plexmediaserver (--configure):
subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 1
Processing triggers for openmediavault ...
Restarting engine daemon ...
Errors were encountered while processing:
openmediavault-plexmediaserver

tekkb · 30. Oktober 2014

Well it installed. Can you start plex now???

/etc/init.d/plexmediaserver start

You might be able to start plexmediaserver even if the plugin is not correct...

Also, do this:
apt-get -f install

Tell what it says.

coogh · 31. Oktober 2014

root@aki-nas:~# /etc/init.d/plexmediaserver start
Plex already running...
root@aki-nas:~# apt-get -f install
Lettura elenco dei pacchetti... Fatto
Generazione albero delle dipendenze
Lettura informazioni sullo stato... Fatto
0 aggiornati, 0 installati, 0 da rimuovere e 0 non aggiornati.
1 non completamente installati o rimossi.
Dopo quest'operazione, verranno occupati 0 B di spazio su disco.
Configurazione di openmediavault-plexmediaserver (1.0.4)...
Initialize configuration
Elaborazione dei trigger per openmediavault...
Updating locale files ...
Updating file permissions ...
Restarting engine daemon ...
Creating index of upgradeable packages ...
Creating index of OpenMediaVault plugins ...

Then I went to plex plugin page, enabled it, set the database volume location (automatically it changed the location of database directory), saved and applied all, tried to go to plex web client page.... 404..

Tried
root@aki-nas:~# /etc/init.d/plexmediaserver start

It said:
Starting Plex Media Server: done

But still 404 on web client.

tekkb · 31. Oktober 2014

It is working:

Zitat

Plex already running...

Try to connect at this address:

Code

http://ipofyouromv:32400/web

There is some security (CSP) that needs to be disabled so it will show in the web client. But the button on the Settings TAB should be working. To disable the security so you can see it in the web client install the openmediavault-links plugin. Then then add a website and use a checkmark in the media check spot. Refressh your browser and that web client for the plex should be working too.

coogh · 1. November 2014

404... both from url and from setting tab button

tekkb · 1. November 2014

apt-get --purge remove openmediavault-plexmediaserver
apt-get --purge remove plexmediaserver
userdel plex

then install from the plugins in the web gui. there is a new version of the plugin.

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