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NemoNL
Oct 08, 2017Aspirant
Plex Media Server fails to start on ReadyNAS 312
After a recent install of the latest package on my ReadyNAS 312 using the shell and installing the latest postgresql, my plex server fails to start.
It fails to start from the app-page on the admin site, and if I try to start it manually from the shell I get the following message:
root@NAS-Athena:/# systemctl start fvapp-plexmediaserver.service root@NAS-Athena:/# systemctl enable fvapp-plexmediaserver.service root@NAS-Athena:/# systemctl status fvapp-plexmediaserver.service● fvapp-plexmediaserver.service - Plex Media Server Loaded: loaded (/lib/systemd/system/fvapp-plexmediaserver.service; enabled; vendor preset: enabled) Active: activating (auto-restart) (Result: exit-code) since Sat 2017-10-07 14:20:52 WEST; 1s ago Process: 22549 ExecStart=/bin/sh -c /apps/plexmediaserver/Binaries/Plex\ Media\ Server (code=exited, status=134) Process: 22544 ExecStartPre=/bin/sh -c /usr/bin/test -d "/apps/plexmediaserver/temp" || /bin/mkdir -p "/apps/plexmediaserver/temp" (code=exited, status=0/SUCCESS) Process: 22540 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, s tatus=0/SUCCESS) Main PID: 22549 (code=exited, status=134) Oct 07 14:20:52 NAS-Athena systemd[1]: fvapp-plexmediaserver.service: Unit entered failed state. Oct 07 14:20:52 NAS-Athena systemd[1]: fvapp-plexmediaserver.service: Failed with result 'exit-code'.
Anyone any clue how to solve this? Or even what might have caused this? I've tried uninstalling plex (both initially from the app page and rebooting and then uninstalling from the shell) - neither seems to resolve the issue.
Thanks for any help given.
I did uninstall postgresql, uninstalled plex and generated the missing locales according to http://linux.livejournal.com/1880366.html (which is one of the errors it was generating).
After a reboot I was able to install plexmediaserver again using the upload function in the app page and the server does start indeed.
I've gone through the setup and my libraries are rebuilding :( and :)
Wether it was the uninstall of postgresql or the locales... I'm tempted not to install postgresql, because I'd rather not have and have plex... but I might try before my library is completely rebuild.
Thanks for the help.
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- Marty_MNETGEAR Employee Retired
Hello NemoNL,
It does appear after installing latest package of RN312 and postgreql the plex media server app fails to start. The latest package of RN312 you are referring to is that the latest firmware? Please try to download the version of app from the official plex media site then install it to the NAS and check if that will make any difference.
Welcome to the community!
Regards,
Marty_M
NETGEAR Community Team- NemoNLAspirant
Hi Marty,
the latest package I was referring to is the NAS plex package from the official Plex site, where I've been getting all my releases after the initial install from the NAS app admin site.
Same with the postgresql package (downloaded from the Postgresql site).
I am running the latest stable firmware for the RN312 (whenever I am prompted to upgrade I do so through the NAS main admin screen).
It might all have gone wrong after I did the update of Postgresql (which I did after the update of Plex and did not check in between the two updates).
- Marty_MNETGEAR Employee Retired
Hello NemoNL,
We’d greatly appreciate hearing your feedback letting us know if the information we provided has helped resolve your issue or if you need further assistance. If your issue is now resolved, we encourage you to mark the appropriate reply as the “Accept as Solution” or post what resolved it and mark it as solution so others can be confident in benefiting from the solution.The Netgear community looks forward to hearing from you and being a helpful resource in the future!
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Marty_M
NETGEAR Community Team
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