installed linux mint fresh along w/ a fresh copy of jellyfin (about a week old install at this point)
initially installed jellyfin via the software manager but i had some issues w/ the flatpak version so i uninstalled it via the software manager and feeling like that wasn't enough, i purged it using
and then ran
i then re-installed jellyfin using
made sure to enable it at boot w/
after configuring it, i noticed that one of the libraries disappeared from the recently added media list on the home page, I originally planned to look into it further but... life.
about 3hrs after i noticed the missing library i rebooted the entire system after installing jellyfin plugins and updating already installed apps on the system.
jellyfin now refuses to start after reboot, so i ran this
initially thought that was odd so i started it again with the command
and then checked the status immediately after and got the EXACT same thing as above.
in effort to figure out what exactly was causing this i ran
and i got this
i am now at a loss as of this moment on how to move foward. any help would be greatly appreciated.
i am comfortable w/ linux but have a lot to learn in the way of terminal commands but am eager to learn so that way i can triage these situations on my own in the future, if you could accompany any advice along w/ the commands needed to complete them, it would be greatly appreciated.
initially installed jellyfin via the software manager but i had some issues w/ the flatpak version so i uninstalled it via the software manager and feeling like that wasn't enough, i purged it using
Code:
sudo apt purge jellyfin*and then ran
Code:
sudo rm -rf /var/lib/jellyfin /etc/jellyfin /var/cache/jellyfin /usr/share/jellyfini then re-installed jellyfin using
Code:
curl https://repo.jellyfin.org/install-debuntu.sh | sudo bashmade sure to enable it at boot w/
Code:
sudo systemctl enable jellyfinafter configuring it, i noticed that one of the libraries disappeared from the recently added media list on the home page, I originally planned to look into it further but... life.
about 3hrs after i noticed the missing library i rebooted the entire system after installing jellyfin plugins and updating already installed apps on the system.
jellyfin now refuses to start after reboot, so i ran this
Code:
justtrife@Pandoras-Box:~$ sudo systemctl status jellyfin
○ jellyfin.service - Jellyfin Media Server
Loaded: loaded (/usr/lib/systemd/system/jellyfin.service; enabled; preset: enabled)
Drop-In: /etc/systemd/system/jellyfin.service.d
└─jellyfin.service.conf
Active: inactive (dead) since Mon 2025-08-18 21:53:07 CDT; 6min ago
Duration: 1.223s
Process: 76182 ExecStart=/usr/bin/jellyfin $JELLYFIN_WEB_OPT $JELLYFIN_FFMPEG_OPT $JELLYFIN_SERVICE_OPT $JELLYFIN_NOWEBAPP_OPT $JELLYFIN_ADDITIONAL_OPTS (code=exited, status=0/SUCCESS)
Main PID: 76182 (code=exited, status=0/SUCCESS)
CPU: 1.236s
Aug 18 21:53:07 Pandoras-Box jellyfin[76182]: at Emby.Server.Implementations.Data.ManagedConnection.Execute(String commandText)
Aug 18 21:53:07 Pandoras-Box jellyfin[76182]: at Emby.Server.Implementations.Data.BaseSqliteRepository.Initialize()
Aug 18 21:53:07 Pandoras-Box jellyfin[76182]: at Emby.Server.Implementations.Data.SqliteItemRepository.Initialize()
Aug 18 21:53:07 Pandoras-Box jellyfin[76182]: at Emby.Server.Implementations.ApplicationHost.InitializeServices()
Aug 18 21:53:07 Pandoras-Box jellyfin[76182]: at Jellyfin.Server.Program.StartServer(IServerApplicationPaths appPaths, StartupOptions options, IConfiguration startupConfig)
Aug 18 21:53:07 Pandoras-Box jellyfin[76182]: [21:53:07] [INF] Running query planner optimizations in the database... This might take a while
Aug 18 21:53:07 Pandoras-Box jellyfin[76182]: [21:53:07] [INF] Disposing CoreAppHost
Aug 18 21:53:07 Pandoras-Box jellyfin[76182]: [21:53:07] [INF] Disposing PluginManager
Aug 18 21:53:07 Pandoras-Box systemd[1]: jellyfin.service: Deactivated successfully.
Aug 18 21:53:07 Pandoras-Box systemd[1]: jellyfin.service: Consumed 1.236s CPU time.initially thought that was odd so i started it again with the command
Code:
sudo systemctl start jellyfinand then checked the status immediately after and got the EXACT same thing as above.
in effort to figure out what exactly was causing this i ran
Code:
sudo journalctl -u jellyfinand i got this
Code:
Aug 18 21:53:06 Pandoras-Box systemd[1]: Started jellyfin.service - Jellyfin Media Server.
Aug 18 21:53:06 Pandoras-Box (jellyfin)[76182]: jellyfin.service: Referenced but unset environment variable evaluates to an empty string: JELLYFIN_NOWEBAPP_OPT, JELLYFIN_SERVICE_OPT
Aug 18 21:53:06 Pandoras-Box jellyfin[76182]: [21:53:06] [INF] Jellyfin version: 10.10.7
Aug 18 21:53:06 Pandoras-Box jellyfin[76182]: [21:53:06] [INF] Environment Variables: ["[JELLYFIN_FFMPEG_OPT, --ffmpeg=/usr/lib/jellyfin-ffmpeg/ffmpeg]", "[JELLYFIN_CACHE_DIR, /var/cache/jellyfin]", "[JELLYFIN_DATA_DIR, /var/lib/jellyfin]", "[JELLYFIN_ARGS, $JELLYFIN_WEB_OPT $JELLYFIN_FFMPEG_OPT $JELLYFIN_SERVICE_OPT $JELLYFIN_NOWEBAPP_OPT $JELLFIN_ADDITIONAL_OPTS --datadir $JELLYFIN_DATA_DIR --configdir $JELLYFIN_CONFIG_DI>
Aug 18 21:53:06 Pandoras-Box jellyfin[76182]: [21:53:06] [INF] Arguments: ["/usr/lib/jellyfin/bin/jellyfin.dll", "--webdir=/usr/share/jellyfin/web", "--ffmpeg=/usr/lib/jellyfin-ffmpeg/ffmpeg"]
Aug 18 21:53:06 Pandoras-Box jellyfin[76182]: [21:53:06] [INF] Operating system: Linux Mint 22.1
Aug 18 21:53:06 Pandoras-Box jellyfin[76182]: [21:53:06] [INF] Architecture: X64
Aug 18 21:53:06 Pandoras-Box jellyfin[76182]: [21:53:06] [INF] 64-Bit Process: True
Aug 18 21:53:06 Pandoras-Box jellyfin[76182]: [21:53:06] [INF] User Interactive: True
Aug 18 21:53:06 Pandoras-Box jellyfin[76182]: [21:53:06] [INF] Processor count: 16
Aug 18 21:53:06 Pandoras-Box jellyfin[76182]: [21:53:06] [INF] Program data path: /var/lib/jellyfin
Aug 18 21:53:06 Pandoras-Box jellyfin[76182]: [21:53:06] [INF] Log directory path: /var/log/jellyfin
Aug 18 21:53:06 Pandoras-Box jellyfin[76182]: [21:53:06] [INF] Config directory path: /etc/jellyfin
Aug 18 21:53:06 Pandoras-Box jellyfin[76182]: [21:53:06] [INF] Cache path: /var/cache/jellyfin
Aug 18 21:53:06 Pandoras-Box jellyfin[76182]: [21:53:06] [INF] Temp directory path: /tmp/jellyfin
Aug 18 21:53:06 Pandoras-Box jellyfin[76182]: [21:53:06] [INF] Web resources path: /usr/share/jellyfin/web
Aug 18 21:53:06 Pandoras-Box jellyfin[76182]: [21:53:06] [INF] Application directory: /usr/lib/jellyfin/bin/
Aug 18 21:53:06 Pandoras-Box jellyfin[76182]: [21:53:06] [INF] Marking following migrations as applied because this is a fresh install: ["CreateNetworkConfiguration", "MigrateMusicBrainzTimeout", "MigrateNetworkConfiguration", "MigrateEncodingOptions"]
Aug 18 21:53:06 Pandoras-Box jellyfin[76182]: [21:53:06] [INF] Setting cache path: /var/cache/jellyfin
Aug 18 21:53:06 Pandoras-Box jellyfin[76182]: [21:53:06] [INF] Loading assemblies
Aug 18 21:53:06 Pandoras-Box jellyfin[76182]: [21:53:06] [INF] Loaded assembly Jellyfin.Plugin.AniDB, Version=10.0.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=null from /var/lib/jellyfin/plugins/AniDB_10.0.0.0/Jellyfin.Plugin.AniDB.dll
Aug 18 21:53:06 Pandoras-Box jellyfin[76182]: [21:53:06] [INF] Loaded assembly Jellyfin.Plugin.AniList, Version=11.0.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=null from /var/lib/jellyfin/plugins/AniList_11.0.0.0/Jellyfin.Plugin.AniList.dll
Aug 18 21:53:06 Pandoras-Box jellyfin[76182]: [21:53:06] [INF] Loaded assembly Jellyfin.Plugin.AniSearch, Version=5.0.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=null from /var/lib/jellyfin/plugins/AniSearch_5.0.0.0/Jellyfin.Plugin.AniSearch.dll
Aug 18 21:53:06 Pandoras-Box jellyfin[76182]: [21:53:06] [INF] Loaded assembly Jellyfin.Plugin.Artwork, Version=1.0.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=null from /var/lib/jellyfin/plugins/Artwork_1.0.0.0/Jellyfin.Plugin.Artwork.dll
Aug 18 21:53:06 Pandoras-Box jellyfin[76182]: [21:53:06] [INF] Loaded assembly Jellyfin.Plugin.Bookshelf, Version=12.0.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=null from /var/lib/jellyfin/plugins/Bookshelf_12.0.0.0/Jellyfin.Plugin.Bookshelf.dll
Aug 18 21:53:06 Pandoras-Box jellyfin[76182]: [21:53:06] [INF] Loaded assembly ZstdSharp, Version=0.8.1.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=8d151af33a4ad5cf from /var/lib/jellyfin/plugins/Bookshelf_12.0.0.0/ZstdSharp.dll
Aug 18 21:53:06 Pandoras-Box jellyfin[76182]: [21:53:06] [INF] Loaded assembly SharpCompress, Version=0.38.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=afb0a02973931d96 from /var/lib/jellyfin/plugins/Bookshelf_12.0.0.0/SharpCompress.dll
Aug 18 21:53:06 Pandoras-Box jellyfin[76182]: [21:53:06] [INF] Loaded assembly Jellyfin.Plugin.Dlna, Version=8.0.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=null from /var/lib/jellyfin/plugins/DLNA_8.0.0.0/Jellyfin.Plugin.Dlna.dll
Aug 18 21:53:06 Pandoras-Box jellyfin[76182]: [21:53:06] [INF] Loaded assembly Jellyfin.Plugin.Dlna.Playback, Version=8.0.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=null from /var/lib/jellyfin/plugins/DLNA_8.0.0.0/Jellyfin.Plugin.Dlna.Playback.dll
Aug 18 21:53:06 Pandoras-Box jellyfin[76182]: [21:53:06] [INF] Loaded assembly Rssdp, Version=8.0.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=null from /var/lib/jellyfin/plugins/DLNA_8.0.0.0/Rssdp.dll
Aug 18 21:53:06 Pandoras-Box jellyfin[76182]: [21:53:06] [INF] Loaded assembly Jellyfin.Plugin.Dlna.Model, Version=8.0.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=null from /var/lib/jellyfin/plugins/DLNA_8.0.0.0/Jellyfin.Plugin.Dlna.Model.dll
Aug 18 21:53:06 Pandoras-Box jellyfin[76182]: [21:53:06] [INF] Loaded assembly Jellyfin.Plugin.Fanart, Version=12.0.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=null from /var/lib/jellyfin/plugins/Fanart_12.0.0.0/Jellyfin.Plugin.Fanart.dll
Aug 18 21:53:06 Pandoras-Box jellyfin[76182]: [21:53:06] [INF] Loaded assembly Jellyfin.Plugin.IMVDb, Version=4.0.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=null from /var/lib/jellyfin/plugins/IMVDb_4.0.0.0/Jellyfin.Plugin.IMVDb.dll
Aug 18 21:53:06 Pandoras-Box jellyfin[76182]: [21:53:06] [INF] Loaded assembly Jellyfin.Plugin.Kitsu, Version=6.0.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=null from /var/lib/jellyfin/plugins/Kitsu_6.0.0.0/Jellyfin.Plugin.Kitsu.dll
Aug 18 21:53:06 Pandoras-Box jellyfin[76182]: [21:53:06] [INF] Loaded assembly Jellyfin.Plugin.Opds, Version=6.0.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=null from /var/lib/jellyfin/plugins/OPDS_6.0.0.0/Jellyfin.Plugin.Opds.dll
Aug 18 21:53:06 Pandoras-Box jellyfin[76182]: [21:53:06] [INF] Loaded assembly Jellyfin.Plugin.OpenSubtitles, Version=20.0.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=null from /var/lib/jellyfin/plugins/Open Subtitles_20.0.0.0/Jellyfin.Plugin.OpenSubtitles.dll
Aug 18 21:53:06 Pandoras-Box jellyfin[76182]: [21:53:06] [INF] Loaded assembly SQLitePCL.pretty, Version=1.0.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=null from /var/lib/jellyfin/plugins/Playback Reporting_16.0.0.0/SQLitePCL.pretty.dll
Aug 18 21:53:06 Pandoras-Box jellyfin[76182]: [21:53:06] [INF] Loaded assembly Jellyfin.Plugin.PlaybackReporting, Version=16.0.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=null from /var/lib/jellyfin/plugins/Playback Reporting_16.0.0.0/Jellyfin.Plugin.PlaybackReporting.dll
Aug 18 21:53:06 Pandoras-Box jellyfin[76182]: [21:53:06] [INF] Loaded assembly ClosedXML, Version=0.97.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=fd1eb21b62ae805b from /var/lib/jellyfin/plugins/Reports_17.0.0.0/ClosedXML.dll
Aug 18 21:53:06 Pandoras-Box jellyfin[76182]: [21:53:06] [INF] Loaded assembly SixLabors.Fonts, Version=1.0.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=d998eea7b14cab13 from /var/lib/jellyfin/plugins/Reports_17.0.0.0/SixLabors.Fonts.dll
Aug 18 21:53:06 Pandoras-Box jellyfin[76182]: [21:53:06] [INF] Loaded assembly ExcelNumberFormat, Version=1.1.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=23c6f5d73be07eca from /var/lib/jellyfin/plugins/Reports_17.0.0.0/ExcelNumberFormat.dll
Aug 18 21:53:06 Pandoras-Box jellyfin[76182]: [21:53:06] [INF] Loaded assembly DocumentFormat.OpenXml, Version=2.16.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=8fb06cb64d019a17 from /var/lib/jellyfin/plugins/Reports_17.0.0.0/DocumentFormat.OpenXml.dll
Aug 18 21:53:06 Pandoras-Box jellyfin[76182]: [21:53:06] [INF] Loaded assembly System.IO.Packaging, Version=4.0.5.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=b03f5f7f11d50a3a from /var/lib/jellyfin/plugins/Reports_17.0.0.0/System.IO.Packaging.dll
Aug 18 21:53:06 Pandoras-Box jellyfin[76182]: [21:53:06] [INF] Loaded assembly Jellyfin.Plugin.Reports, Version=17.0.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=null from /var/lib/jellyfin/plugins/Reports_17.0.0.0/Jellyfin.Plugin.Reports.dll
Aug 18 21:53:06 Pandoras-Box jellyfin[76182]: [21:53:06] [INF] Loaded assembly Jellyfin.Plugin.SessionCleaner, Version=4.0.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=null from /var/lib/jellyfin/plugins/Session Cleaner_4.0.0.0/Jellyfin.Plugin.SessionCleaner.dll
Aug 18 21:53:06 Pandoras-Box jellyfin[76182]: [21:53:06] [INF] Loaded assembly Jellyfin.Plugin.SubtitleExtract, Version=4.0.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=null from /var/lib/jellyfin/plugins/Subtitle Extract_4.0.0.0/Jellyfin.Plugin.SubtitleExtract.dll
Aug 18 21:53:06 Pandoras-Box jellyfin[76182]: [21:53:06] [INF] Loaded assembly Jellyfin.Plugin.Tvdb, Version=19.0.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=null from /var/lib/jellyfin/plugins/TheTVDB_19.0.0.0/Jellyfin.Plugin.Tvdb.dll
Aug 18 21:53:06 Pandoras-Box jellyfin[76182]: [21:53:06] [INF] Loaded assembly Tvdb.Sdk, Version=4.7.10.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=null from /var/lib/jellyfin/plugins/TheTVDB_19.0.0.0/Tvdb.Sdk.dll
Aug 18 21:53:06 Pandoras-Box jellyfin[76182]: [21:53:06] [INF] Loaded assembly Jellyfin.Plugin.TMDbBoxSets, Version=11.0.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=null from /var/lib/jellyfin/plugins/TMDb Box Sets_11.0.0.0/Jellyfin.Plugin.TMDbBoxSets.dll
Aug 18 21:53:06 Pandoras-Box jellyfin[76182]: [21:53:06] [INF] Loaded assembly TvMaze.Api.Client, Version=0.1.72.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=null from /var/lib/jellyfin/plugins/TVmaze_12.0.0.0/TvMaze.Api.Client.dll
Aug 18 21:53:06 Pandoras-Box jellyfin[76182]: [21:53:06] [INF] Loaded assembly Flurl, Version=3.0.1.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=null from /var/lib/jellyfin/plugins/TVmaze_12.0.0.0/Flurl.dll
Aug 18 21:53:06 Pandoras-Box jellyfin[76182]: [21:53:06] [INF] Loaded assembly Polly, Version=7.0.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=c8a3ffc3f8f825cc from /var/lib/jellyfin/plugins/TVmaze_12.0.0.0/Polly.dll
Aug 18 21:53:06 Pandoras-Box jellyfin[76182]: [21:53:06] [INF] Loaded assembly Flurl.Http, Version=3.0.1.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=null from /var/lib/jellyfin/plugins/TVmaze_12.0.0.0/Flurl.Http.dll
Aug 18 21:53:06 Pandoras-Box jellyfin[76182]: [21:53:06] [INF] Loaded assembly Jellyfin.Plugin.TvMaze, Version=12.0.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=null from /var/lib/jellyfin/plugins/TVmaze_12.0.0.0/Jellyfin.Plugin.TvMaze.dll
Aug 18 21:53:06 Pandoras-Box jellyfin[76182]: [21:53:06] [INF] Defined LAN subnets: ["127.0.0.1/8", "10.0.0.0/8", "172.16.0.0/12", "192.168.0.0/16"]
Aug 18 21:53:06 Pandoras-Box jellyfin[76182]: [21:53:06] [INF] Defined LAN exclusions: []
Aug 18 21:53:06 Pandoras-Box jellyfin[76182]: [21:53:06] [INF] Used LAN subnets: ["127.0.0.1/8", "10.0.0.0/8", "172.16.0.0/12", "192.168.0.0/16"]
Aug 18 21:53:06 Pandoras-Box jellyfin[76182]: [21:53:06] [INF] Filtered interface addresses: ["127.0.0.1", "192.168.1.99"]
Aug 18 21:53:06 Pandoras-Box jellyfin[76182]: [21:53:06] [INF] Bind Addresses ["0.0.0.0"]
Aug 18 21:53:06 Pandoras-Box jellyfin[76182]: [21:53:06] [INF] Remote IP filter is Allowlist
Aug 18 21:53:06 Pandoras-Box jellyfin[76182]: [21:53:06] [INF] Filtered subnets: []
Aug 18 21:53:07 Pandoras-Box jellyfin[76182]: [21:53:07] [FTL] Error while starting server
Aug 18 21:53:07 Pandoras-Box jellyfin[76182]: Microsoft.Data.Sqlite.SqliteException (0x80004005): SQLite Error 11: 'database disk image is malformed'.
Aug 18 21:53:07 Pandoras-Box jellyfin[76182]: at Microsoft.Data.Sqlite.SqliteException.ThrowExceptionForRC(Int32 rc, sqlite3 db)
Aug 18 21:53:07 Pandoras-Box jellyfin[76182]: at Microsoft.Data.Sqlite.SqliteDataReader.NextResult()
Aug 18 21:53:07 Pandoras-Box jellyfin[76182]: at Microsoft.Data.Sqlite.SqliteCommand.ExecuteReader(CommandBehavior behavior)
Aug 18 21:53:07 Pandoras-Box jellyfin[76182]: at Microsoft.Data.Sqlite.SqliteCommand.ExecuteReader()
Aug 18 21:53:07 Pandoras-Box jellyfin[76182]: at Microsoft.Data.Sqlite.SqliteCommand.ExecuteNonQuery()
Aug 18 21:53:07 Pandoras-Box jellyfin[76182]: at Emby.Server.Implementations.Data.SqliteExtensions.Execute(SqliteConnection sqliteConnection, String commandText)
Aug 18 21:53:07 Pandoras-Box jellyfin[76182]: at Emby.Server.Implementations.Data.ManagedConnection.Execute(String commandText)
Aug 18 21:53:07 Pandoras-Box jellyfin[76182]: at Emby.Server.Implementations.Data.BaseSqliteRepository.Initialize()
Aug 18 21:53:07 Pandoras-Box jellyfin[76182]: at Emby.Server.Implementations.Data.SqliteItemRepository.Initialize()
Aug 18 21:53:07 Pandoras-Box jellyfin[76182]: at Emby.Server.Implementations.ApplicationHost.InitializeServices()
Aug 18 21:53:07 Pandoras-Box jellyfin[76182]: at Jellyfin.Server.Program.StartServer(IServerApplicationPaths appPaths, StartupOptions options, IConfiguration startupConfig)
Aug 18 21:53:07 Pandoras-Box jellyfin[76182]: [21:53:07] [INF] Running query planner optimizations in the database... This might take a while
Aug 18 21:53:07 Pandoras-Box jellyfin[76182]: [21:53:07] [INF] Disposing CoreAppHost
Aug 18 21:53:07 Pandoras-Box jellyfin[76182]: [21:53:07] [INF] Disposing PluginManager
Aug 18 21:53:07 Pandoras-Box systemd[1]: jellyfin.service: Deactivated successfully.
Aug 18 21:53:07 Pandoras-Box systemd[1]: jellyfin.service: Consumed 1.236s CPU time.i am now at a loss as of this moment on how to move foward. any help would be greatly appreciated.
i am comfortable w/ linux but have a lot to learn in the way of terminal commands but am eager to learn so that way i can triage these situations on my own in the future, if you could accompany any advice along w/ the commands needed to complete them, it would be greatly appreciated.