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Polybiusx

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Registered: 2014-04-12

Posts: 12

Connection Refused by localhost

Good morning all. I'm very new (hence the newbie corner) so I was hoping to get some insight on an issue I've run up against and haven't figured out yet. I have -Syu'd and am using the most recent yaourt and yaourt-gui packages from AUR to install packages more easily. I recently installed the most recent plex-media-server-plexpass package, which requires I access it through localhost:32400.

So this is where I get the "Connection to the Server Refused" when trying to access the localhost. Unless a firewall got added in the original Arch install or KDE/plasma packages, I have not deliberately installed a software firewall in this system, so to my knowledge that's not the issue. Do I need to be running Apache/LAMP? Is there something in permissions I am missing?

Thanks for the help.

Note that I know the service is running, as when I go to /opt/plexmediaserver and run sh start.sh I am notified that the service is already running.

Trilby

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Re: Connection Refused by localhost

Are you attempting to access it through a web browser, or how?  Have you tried http://localhost:32400/web/ as suggested in the wiki: https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Plex

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Polybiusx

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Registered: 2014-04-12

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Re: Connection Refused by localhost

In Konqueror, I type that URL in exactly and it comes up with the connection refused. Interestingly, if I click on that link, it instead sends me to http://localhost:32400/web/index.html which shows up as a blank page with no content and a black background.

Polybiusx

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Registered: 2014-04-12

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Re: Connection Refused by localhost

This is now resolved. Apparently Konqueror does not support the Plex interface appropriately and Chrome or other compatible browser must be used. The URL also has to be localhost:32400/web/index.html to avoid the error.

ewaller

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Re: Connection Refused by localhost

Glad it is solved    I guess I'll drag you through iptables -L and %netstat -lp  another time

BTW, I serve Plex from this laptop to my Roku -- it is pretty much my entire TV watching solution.  I don't know what you intend to stream, but I find that a lot of the commercial stuff from the major broadcasters don't stream to the browser that well.  I have better luck plexhometheater

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Last edited by ewaller (2015-03-15 17:12:21)

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