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When I run this from systemd, it starts fine, but nothing can connect to it, not even locally. But this works: cd /opt/plexmediaserver source /etc/conf.d/plexmediaserver ./Plex\ Media\ Server (note that without sourcing the conf file, or setting LD_LIBRARY_PATH=/opt/plexmediaserver, it cannot find libiconv, despite it being in the same dir)

I created a couple directories, and gave plex write permission to them, /opt/plexmediaserver/{Codecs,Library/Logs} hope this helps others

Ran export LD_LIBRARY_PATH=/opt/plexmediaserver, afterwards ran "/opt/plexmediaserver/Plex Media Server", but having the same error. Also installed with makepkg, not pacaur, just to make sure that's not the problem, but same error. Ugh... Why is it working in the VM, but not on the metal? It's exactly the same install!

If you're using absolute path you need to specify the LD_LIBRARY_PATH from /etc/conf.d/plexmediaserver before you call the exec. The lib it is looking for is in the same directory as the binary.

Install log from pacaur down below, but I don't think we can get anything from that. ------------- Install log from pacaur: fileserver@ArchServer ~> pacaur -Syu plex-media-server [sudo] password for fileserver: :: Synchronizing package databases... core is up to date extra is up to date community is up to date :: Starting full system upgrade... there is nothing to do :: Package(s) plex-media-server not found in repositories, trying AUR... :: Starting AUR upgrade... :: resolving dependencies... :: looking for inter-conflicts... AUR Packages (2) plex-media-server-1.2.6.2975-1 prelink-20130503-7 Repo Packages (1) elfutils-0.167-1 Repo Download Size: 0.00 MiB Repo Installed Size: 1.49 MiB :: Proceed with installation? [Y/n] y :: Retrieving package(s)... Cloning into 'plex-media-server'... remote: Counting objects: 9, done. remote: Compressing objects: 100% (9/9), done. remote: Total 9 (delta 0), reused 4 (delta 0) Unpacking objects: 100% (9/9), done. :: View plex-media-server PKGBUILD? [Y/n] n :: View plex-media-server.install script? [Y/n] n :: prelink build files are up-to-date -- skipping :: Checking plex-media-server integrity... ==> Making package: plex-media-server 1.2.6.2975-1 (Sun Nov 6 23:52:40 CET 2016) ==> Retrieving sources... -> Found plexmediaserver.conf.d -> Found plexmediaserver.service -> Found plex.sysusers -> Found terms.txt -> Downloading plexmediaserver-1.2.6.2975-9394c87.x86_64.rpm... % Total % Received % Xferd Average Speed Time Time Time Current Dload Upload Total Spent Left Speed 100 96.6M 100 96.6M 0 0 11.0M 0 0:00:08 0:00:08 --:--:-- 11.2M ==> Validating source files with sha256sums... plexmediaserver.conf.d ... Passed plexmediaserver.service ... Passed plex.sysusers ... Passed terms.txt ... Passed ==> Validating source_x86_64 files with sha256sums... plexmediaserver-1.2.6.2975-9394c87.x86_64.rpm ... Passed :: Installing prelink cached package... loading packages... resolving dependencies... looking for conflicting packages... Packages (2) elfutils-0.167-1 prelink-20130503-7 Total Installed Size: 2.85 MiB :: Proceed with installation? [Y/n] (2/2) checking keys in keyring [##############################] 100% (1/2) checking package integrity [##############################] 100% (1/2) loading package files [##############################] 100% (2/2) checking for file conflicts [##############################] 100% (2/2) checking available disk space [##############################] 100% :: Processing package changes... (1/2) installing elfutils [##############################] 100% (2/2) installing prelink [##############################] 100% :: Building plex-media-server package(s)... ==> Making package: plex-media-server 1.2.6.2975-1 (Sun Nov 6 23:52:51 CET 2016) ==> Checking runtime dependencies... ==> Checking buildtime dependencies... ==> Retrieving sources... -> Found plexmediaserver.conf.d -> Found plexmediaserver.service -> Found plex.sysusers -> Found terms.txt -> Found plexmediaserver-1.2.6.2975-9394c87.x86_64.rpm ==> Validating source files with sha256sums... plexmediaserver.conf.d ... Passed plexmediaserver.service ... Passed plex.sysusers ... Passed terms.txt ... Passed ==> Validating source_x86_64 files with sha256sums... plexmediaserver-1.2.6.2975-9394c87.x86_64.rpm ... Passed ==> Extracting sources... -> Extracting plexmediaserver-1.2.6.2975-9394c87.x86_64.rpm with bsdtar bsdtar: Failed to set default locale ==> Starting prepare()... ==> Entering fakeroot environment... ==> Starting package()... ==> Tidying install... -> Removing libtool files... -> Purging unwanted files... -> Removing static library files... -> Stripping unneeded symbols from binaries and libraries... -> Compressing man and info pages... ==> Checking for packaging issue... ==> Creating package "plex-media-server"... -> Generating .PKGINFO file... -> Generating .BUILDINFO file... -> Adding install file... -> Generating .MTREE file... -> Compressing package... ==> Leaving fakeroot environment. ==> Finished making: plex-media-server 1.2.6.2975-1 (Sun Nov 6 23:53:20 CET 2016) ==> Cleaning up... :: Installing plex-media-server package(s)...

@techwiz: uninstalled deluge, libtorrent-rasterbar & boost-libs, reintalled plex-media-server... but the same error "/opt/plexmediaserver/Plex Media Server" /opt/plexmediaserver/Plex Media Server: error while loading shared libraries: libboost_atomic.so.1.59.0: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory

Nope, boost-libs is already installed on that VM, because I also installed deluge on that VM. So on the VM, I first installed deluge, which installs libtorrent-rasterbar as a dependency, which in turns installs boost-libs as dependency. Afterwards I installed plexmediaserver on that VM. Both can run at the same time... I'm now going to remove deluge from the real server (removing boost-libs) and try to reinstall plexmediaserver.

So then on that VM, if you install boost-lib, can you replicate the crash?

---------- Output of journalctl -xe -- Defined-By: systemd -- Support: http://lists.freedesktop.org/mailman/listinfo/systemd-devel -- Documentation: man:core(5) -- -- Process 5907 (Plex Media Serv) crashed and dumped core. -- -- This usually indicates a programming error in the crashing program and -- should be reported to its vendor as a bug. Nov 06 23:33:30 ArchServer systemd[1]: plexmediaserver.service: Service hold-off time over, scheduling restart. Nov 06 23:33:30 ArchServer 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. Nov 06 23:33:30 ArchServer systemd[1]: plexmediaserver.service: Start request repeated too quickly. Nov 06 23:33:30 ArchServer 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. Nov 06 23:33:30 ArchServer systemd[1]: plexmediaserver.service: Unit entered failed state. Nov 06 23:33:30 ArchServer systemd[1]: plexmediaserver.service: Failed with result 'start-limit-hit'. Nov 06 23:33:35 ArchServer sudo[5917]: fileserver : TTY=pts/0 ; PWD=/home/fileserver ; USER=root ; COMMAND=/opt/plexmediaserver/Plex Media Server Nov 06 23:33:35 ArchServer sudo[5917]: pam_unix(sudo:session): session opened for user root by fileserver(uid=0) Nov 06 23:33:35 ArchServer sudo[5917]: pam_unix(sudo:session): session closed for user root --------------- There are no logs at /var/lib/Plex Media Server/Logs (directory /var/lib/Plex Media Server is empty) Removing boost-list breaks a dependency with libtorrent-rasterbar (which is expected I guess, I also run a deluge instance on this Arch Server). The extremely rare thing is that I'm reinstalling my server with Arch and I first did a complete install with all programs in a Virtualbox instance to make sure everything would work... And in that Virtualbox instance, everything does work... So why wouldn't it work on bare metal?

@techwiz: reinstalled both prelink & plex-media-server (cannot reinstall systemd at the moment), but same problem occurs.