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@tmoore, I wonder if for debugging purposes removing the StandardOutput=null from the service file would allow journald to capture plex error messages that would have appeared in the console...

I have that error as well, but my Plex is running fine. See what's in Plex Media Server.log Also, make sure that everything under and including /var/lib/plex is owned by "plex:plex" Run "sudo chown -R plex:plex /var/lib/plex" if unsure. Check to see if your /usr/lib/systemd/system/plexmediaserver.service looks something like this [Unit] Description=Plex Media Server After=network.target [Service] EnvironmentFile=/etc/conf.d/plexmediaserver ExecStart=/opt/plexmediaserver/Plex\x20Media\x20Server Type=simple User=plex Group=plex Restart=on-failure RestartSec=5 StartLimitInterval=60s StartLimitBurst=3 StandardOutput=null [Install] WantedBy=multi-user.target

There are no logs at /var/lib/plex/Logs/ The logs under /var/lib/plex/Plex\ Media\ Server/Logs/ do indeed reveal something totally undecipherable: Error: Unable to set up server: basic_string::_S_create Internet isn't full of it but noone seems to know at a glance. Tailing that log while restarting is dead silent. Resetting permissions didn't help either.

FYI: Plex logs stuff internally in /var/lib/plex/Logs/ I would think it would be easy enough to track down your issue in those logs.

Facing pretty much the same error since yesterday as @dahankzter, similar logs. Already checked /etc/conf.d/plexmediaserver as well. I can start the server manually through /opt/plexmediaserver/start.sh but it starts a new server with no config, and doesn't persist on reboot. I found similar error from 2014-2015 on plex forums, reinstalling plex and fixing permissions seem to work for them. https://forums.plex.tv/discussion/comment/760881#Comment_760881 So I simply reset my permissions at /var/lib/plex and /opt/plexmediaserver to plex:plex and it worked like a charm, got my old server back. Hope this helps, and please fix this for the package. I've reinstalled thrice to no avail, and my permissions already seem correct.

sudo journalctl -xf -u plexmediaserver gives: -- The start-up result is done. Jun 14 17:54:46 antiva systemd[1]: plexmediaserver.service: Main process exited, code=exited, status=255/n/a Jun 14 17:54:46 antiva systemd[1]: plexmediaserver.service: Unit entered failed state. Jun 14 17:54:46 antiva systemd[1]: plexmediaserver.service: Failed with result 'exit-code'. Jun 14 17:54:52 antiva systemd[1]: plexmediaserver.service: Service hold-off time over, scheduling restart. Jun 14 17:54:52 antiva systemd[1]: Stopped Plex Media Server. -- Subject: Unit plexmediaserver.service has finished shutting down -- Defined-By: systemd -- Support: http://lists.freedesktop.org/mailman/listinfo/systemd-devel -- -- Unit plexmediaserver.service has finished shutting down. Jun 14 17:54:52 antiva systemd[1]: plexmediaserver.service: Start request repeated too quickly. Jun 14 17:54:52 antiva systemd[1]: Failed to start Plex Media Server. -- Subject: Unit plexmediaserver.service has failed -- Defined-By: systemd -- Support: http://lists.freedesktop.org/mailman/listinfo/systemd-devel -- -- Unit plexmediaserver.service has failed. -- -- The result is failed. Jun 14 17:54:52 antiva systemd[1]: plexmediaserver.service: Unit entered failed state. Jun 14 17:54:52 antiva systemd[1]: plexmediaserver.service: Failed with result 'start-limit-hit'.

It looks like this: LD_LIBRARY_PATH=/opt/plexmediaserver PLEX_MEDIA_SERVER_HOME=/opt/plexmediaserver PLEX_MEDIA_SERVER_APPLICATION_SUPPORT_DIR=/var/lib/plex PLEX_MEDIA_SERVER_MAX_PLUGIN_PROCS=6 PLEX_MEDIA_SERVER_TMPDIR=/tmp TMPDIR=/tmp Pretty much the same

@dahankzter Make sure your plexmediaserver config file looks as so /etc/conf.d] └──╼ more plexmediaserver LD_LIBRARY_PATH=/opt/plexmediaserver PLEX_MEDIA_SERVER_HOME=/opt/plexmediaserver PLEX_MEDIA_SERVER_APPLICATION_SUPPORT_DIR=/var/lib/plex PLEX_MEDIA_SERVER_MAX_PLUGIN_PROCS=6 PLEX_MEDIA_SERVER_TMPDIR=/tmp TMPDIR=/tmp

@dahankzter, libboost should be provided by plex, not the system version. I don't even have boost installed but plex works. Someone reported similar issues here before, perhaps we should incorporate the LD_LIBRARY_PATH into the service file? It looks like if boost is installed, the plex bin gets confused.

LD_LIBRARY_PATH=/opt/plexmediaserver /opt/plexmediaserver/Plex\ Media\ Server Makes it work as user plex. Bit of a hack really...