New installation on CentOS7 doesn't start

[roelvdh]

I made a new installation on CentOS7, by using the official sabnzbd Wiki, Third-party Repository. That resulted in a running sabnzbd, but I couldn't find a config file or a directory ~./sabnzbd. So, I decided to install according to From Sources. Now the service won't start anymore and I could still not find a config file.
I then did yum remove sabnzbd and yum install sabnzbd but the problem persists

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root@dotter39 sabnzbd]# systemctl status sabnzbd.service
● sabnzbd.service - SABnzbd Daemon
   Loaded: loaded (/etc/systemd/system/sabnzbd.service; enabled; vendor preset: disabled)
   Active: failed (Result: exit-code) since za 2023-10-07 13:02:12 CEST; 13min ago
  Process: 6084 ExecStart=/usr/bin/python /opt/sabnzbd/SABnzbd.py --daemon --config-file=/opt/sabnzbd/sabnzbd_config.ini -s 0.0.0.0 (code=exited, status=2)

okt 07 13:02:12 dotter39.xxxx systemd[1]: Starting SABnzbd Daemon...
okt 07 13:02:12 dotter39.xxxx systemd[1]: sabnzbd.service: control process exited, code=exited status=2
okt 07 13:02:12 dotter39.xxxx systemd[1]: Failed to start SABnzbd Daemon.
okt 07 13:02:12 dotter39.xxxx systemd[1]: Unit sabnzbd.service entered failed state.
okt 07 13:02:12 dotter39.xxxx systemd[1]: sabnzbd.service failed.
[root@dotter39 sabnzbd]#

My systemctl file is at /etc/systemd/system/sabnzbd.service

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[
Unit]
Description=SABnzbd Daemon

[Service]
Type=forking
User=sabnzbd
Group=sabnzbd
ExecStart=/usr/bin/python /opt/sabnzbd/SABnzbd.py --daemon --config-file=/opt/sabnzbd/sabnzbd_config.ini -s 0.0.0.0
GuessMainPID=no

[Install]
WantedBy=multi-user.target

There is a config file /etc/sabnzbd/sabnzbd.config starting with

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__version__ = 19
__encoding__ = utf-8
[misc]
host = 0.0.0.0
port = 9080
download_dir = /var/lib/sabnzbd/incomplete
complete_dir = /var/lib/sabnzbd/complete
dirscan_dir = /var/lib/sabnzbd/scan
script_dir = /usr/share/sabnzbd/scripts
log_dir = /var/log/sabnzbd
admin_dir = /var/lib/sabnzbd/admin
nzb_backup_dir = /var/lib/sabnzbd/nzb_backups
web_dir = /usr/share/sabnzbd
email_dir = /var/lib/sabnzbd/email

https_port = 9090
https_key = /etc/pki/tls/private/server.key
https_chain = /etc/pki/tls/certs/ca-bundle.trust.crt
https_cert = /etc/pki/tls/certs/server.crt
enable_https_verification = 0

I tried renaming the file to /opt/sabnzbd/sabnzbd_config.ini but that did't work either.
This is probably a minor thing but even after many tries I have not been able to solve it, so any help would be appreciated.

[sander]

Find SABnzbd.py (or sabnzbd.py), and start it from that directory.

[roelvdh]

Thank you. There are 2 SABnzbd.py files. I tried the first one returning a python version problem. A new ClearOS7 installation comes with Python 2.7.5. I installed Python 3.10 but I was facing a _ssl problem

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[root@dotter39 opt]# python3.10 SABnzbd.py
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/opt/SABnzbd.py", line 38, in <module>
    import ssl
  File "/usr/local/lib/python3.10/ssl.py", line 98, in <module>
    import _ssl             # if we can't import it, let the error propagate
ModuleNotFoundError: No module named '_ssl'

There is a second SABnzbd.py that returns yet another python problem:

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[root@dotter39 ~]# python3.10 /usr/share/sabnzbd/SABnzbd.py
File "/usr/share/sabnzbd/SABnzbd.py", line 20
print "Sorry, requires Python 2.7."
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
SyntaxError: Missing parentheses in call to 'print'. Did you mean print(...)?

Removing and re-installing sabnzbd didn't help. Please advise.

[sander]

Ah, yes, different python versions. ... "nice" ...

You could get SABnzbd 4 working with python 3.10, but if https://sabnzbd.org/wiki/installation/i ... ff-modules doesn't work for you, ... that's a rabbit hole.

Options:
1. Upgrade your CentOS to version 9 (relased in 2021).
2. Use SABnzbd in Docker, for example https://docs.linuxserver.io/images/docker-sabnzbd . If you know Docker: good. If you don't know Docker ... nice learning curve. ;-)

[roelvdh]

Thanks for your Docker advice, that's interesting. Nevertheless I decided to rebuild the server and use debian/ubuntu. Installation of sabnzbd went fine but now I have some configuration problems.
1. I can open sabnzbplus, but it persists in Danish and the keys do not respond properly., i.e. there is no real button but an unreachable (BUTTON) key, etc. It seems I need to set up PuTTY with a different terminal interface, but which one?
2. I opened ~/.sabnzbd/logs . The very long log file has many WARNINGS (all in Danish of course; I didn't Google Translate yet) but seemingly no ERRORS. Still, the program will not yet start up.

[sander]

The SABnzbd language setting is at config/general/#language

Debian or Ubuntu? I hope Ubuntu, as it's easier.

Errors? Start "sabnzbdplus" from the CLI, and post the output here, or on pastebin.com

[roelvdh]

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roel@ubuntu:~/.sabnzbd$ sabnzbdplus
2023-10-09 10:17:07,344::INFO::[sabnzbdplus:1163] --------------------------------
2023-10-09 10:17:07,344::INFO::[sabnzbdplus:1164] sabnzbdplus-4.1.0
2023-10-09 10:17:07,344::INFO::[sabnzbdplus:1174] Commit = b7e3401e8e33d9cf1d4afd4ca57e30df206e9476
2023-10-09 10:17:07,345::INFO::[sabnzbdplus:1176] Full executable path = /usr/bin/sabnzbdplus
2023-10-09 10:17:07,345::INFO::[sabnzbdplus:1177] Arguments = "/usr/bin/sabnzbdplus"
2023-10-09 10:17:07,345::INFO::[sabnzbdplus:1178] Python-version = 3.10.12 (main, Jun 11 2023, 05:26:28) [GCC 11.4.0]
2023-10-09 10:17:07,345::INFO::[sabnzbdplus:1179] Dockerized = False
2023-10-09 10:17:07,345::INFO::[sabnzbdplus:1180] CPU architecture = x86_64
2023-10-09 10:17:07,347::INFO::[sabnzbdplus:1183] Platform = posix - Linux-5.15.0-86-generic-x86_64-with-glibc2.35
2023-10-09 10:17:07,347::INFO::[sabnzbdplus:1189] Preferred encoding = UTF-8
2023-10-09 10:17:07,347::INFO::[sabnzbdplus:1211] SSL version = OpenSSL 3.0.2 15 Mar 2022
2023-10-09 10:17:07,348::INFO::[sabnzbdplus:1220] Certifi version = 2020.06.20
2023-10-09 10:17:07,349::INFO::[sabnzbdplus:1221] Loaded additional certificates from /etc/ssl/certs/ca-certificates.crt
2023-10-09 10:17:07,349::INFO::[sabnzbdplus:1242] Using INI file /home/roel/.sabnzbd/sabnzbd.ini
2023-10-09 10:17:07,352::INFO::[postproc:135] Loading postproc queue
2023-10-09 10:17:07,353::INFO::[scheduler:190] Scheduling RSS interval task every 60 min (delay=43)
2023-10-09 10:17:07,353::INFO::[scheduler:206] Setting schedule for midnight BPS reset
2023-10-09 10:17:07,354::INFO::[scheduler:209] Setting schedule for server expiration check
2023-10-09 10:17:07,354::INFO::[scheduler:214] Setting schedule for server quota check
2023-10-09 10:17:07,354::INFO::[__init__:323] All processes started
2023-10-09 10:17:07,354::INFO::[sabnzbdplus:341] Template location for Glitter is /usr/share/sabnzbdplus/interfaces/Glitter
2023-10-09 10:17:07,355::INFO::[sabnzbdplus:341] Template location for Config is /usr/share/sabnzbdplus/interfaces/Config
2023-10-09 10:17:07,355::INFO::[misc:1154] [N/A] Running external command: ['/usr/bin/unrar']
2023-10-09 10:17:07,359::INFO::[misc:1154] [N/A] Running external command: ['/usr/bin/7zz']
2023-10-09 10:17:07,362::INFO::[misc:1154] [N/A] Running external command: ['/usr/bin/par2', '-V']
2023-10-09 10:17:07,365::INFO::[sabnzbdplus:426] SABCTools module (v7.1.1)... found!
2023-10-09 10:17:07,365::INFO::[sabnzbdplus:427] SABCTools module is using SIMD set: SSSE3
2023-10-09 10:17:07,366::INFO::[sabnzbdplus:428] SABCTools module is linked to OpenSSL: True
2023-10-09 10:17:07,366::INFO::[sabnzbdplus:448] Cryptography module (v3.4.8)... found!
2023-10-09 10:17:07,366::INFO::[sabnzbdplus:454] par2 binary... found (/usr/bin/par2)
2023-10-09 10:17:07,366::INFO::[sabnzbdplus:461] UNRAR binary... found (/usr/bin/unrar)
2023-10-09 10:17:07,366::INFO::[sabnzbdplus:469] UNRAR binary version 6.11
2023-10-09 10:17:07,366::INFO::[sabnzbdplus:476] 7za binary... found (/usr/bin/7zz)
2023-10-09 10:17:07,367::INFO::[sabnzbdplus:478] 7za binary version 21.07
2023-10-09 10:17:07,367::INFO::[sabnzbdplus:484] nice binary... found (/usr/bin/nice)
2023-10-09 10:17:07,367::INFO::[sabnzbdplus:488] ionice binary... found (/usr/bin/ionice)
2023-10-09 10:17:07,368::INFO::[sabnzbdplus:1431] Starting web-interface on 192.168.2.1:8080
2023-10-09 10:17:07,368::INFO::[_cplogging:213] [09/Oct/2023:10:17:07] ENGINE Bus STARTING
2023-10-09 10:17:07,472::INFO::[_cplogging:213] [09/Oct/2023:10:17:07] ENGINE Serving on http://192.168.2.1:8080
2023-10-09 10:17:07,472::INFO::[_cplogging:213] [09/Oct/2023:10:17:07] ENGINE Bus STARTED
2023-10-09 10:17:07,473::INFO::[sabnzbdplus:1476] Starting sabnzbdplus-4.1.0
2023-10-09 10:17:07,475::INFO::[dirscanner:111] Dirscanner starting up
2023-10-09 10:17:07,476::INFO::[notifier:123] Sending notification: SABnzbd - SABnzbd 4.1.0 startet (type=startup, job_cat=None)
2023-10-09 10:17:07,479::INFO::[database:558] Scheduled history purge
2023-10-09 10:17:07,482::INFO::[ssdp:108] Serving SSDP on 192.168.2.1 as SABnzbd
^C2023-10-09 10:19:42,837::INFO::[notifier:123] Sending notification: Advarsel - Signal 2 mottatt, lagrer og avslutter... (type=warning, job_cat=None)
2023-10-09 10:19:42,837::WARNING::[__init__:204] Signal 2 mottatt, lagrer og avslutter...
2023-10-09 10:19:42,837::INFO::[__init__:436] [N/A] Performing SABnzbd shutdown
2023-10-09 10:19:42,837::INFO::[__init__:353] SABnzbd shutting down...
2023-10-09 10:19:42,838::INFO::[ssdp:102] Stopping SSDP
2023-10-09 10:19:42,838::INFO::[directunpacker:554] Aborting all DirectUnpackers
2023-10-09 10:19:42,839::INFO::[notifier:123] Sending notification: SABnzbd - Starter avslutning av SABnzbd.. (type=startup, job_cat=None)
2023-10-09 10:19:42,839::INFO::[downloader:678] Shutting down
2023-10-09 10:19:42,840::INFO::[nzbqueue:233] Saving queue
2023-10-09 10:19:42,840::INFO::[postproc:130] Saving postproc queue
2023-10-09 10:19:42,841::INFO::[__init__:422] All processes stopped
2023-10-09 10:19:42,841::INFO::[_cplogging:213] [09/Oct/2023:10:19:42] ENGINE Bus STOPPING
2023-10-09 10:19:42,853::INFO::[_cplogging:213] [09/Oct/2023:10:19:42] ENGINE HTTP Server cherrypy._cpwsgi_server.CPWSGIServer(('192.168.2.1', 8080)) shut down
2023-10-09 10:19:42,854::INFO::[_cplogging:213] [09/Oct/2023:10:19:42] ENGINE Bus STOPPED
2023-10-09 10:19:42,854::INFO::[_cplogging:213] [09/Oct/2023:10:19:42] ENGINE Bus EXITING
2023-10-09 10:19:42,854::INFO::[_cplogging:213] [09/Oct/2023:10:19:42] ENGINE Bus EXITED
2023-10-09 10:19:42,854::INFO::[notifier:123] Sending notification: SABnzbd - SABnzbd er nå avsluttet (type=startup, job_cat=None)
2023-10-09 10:19:42,854::INFO::[sabnzbdplus:1618] Leaving SABnzbd

[sander]

I see no errors?

Also: better:

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sabnzbdplus -b1 -l2 

and post the output here

[roelvdh]

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Thanks again, Sander. I may come back to this issue as I can see errors while you don't. But I followed your advice to install Docker and I would now like to finish that installation first. Obviously it's a no-brainer and sabnzbd started right away. As the program now runs in a container, there is no outside access to *.ini files etc., so you have to enter all options at startup, which is fine if you do that correctly.
I had sabnzbd running for 15 years or so and would like to use the same setup, meaning:
- sabnzbd runs on a remote server
- my /complete and /incomplete folders are on the same server, as is my /drop file.
I have not yet been able to set it up that way. Using:

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docker run -d \
  --name=sabnzbd \
  -e PUID=1000 \
  -e PGID=1000 \
  -e TZ=Europe/Amsterdam \
  -p 8080:8080 \
  -v /path/to/data:/home/roel/sabnzbd/config \
  -v /path/to/downloads:/home/roel/comms/downloads/complete  \
  -v /path/to/incomplete/downloads:/home/roel/comms/downloads/incomplete` \
  --restart unless-stopped \
  lscr.io/linuxserver/sabnzbd:latest

doesn't do the job as it seems. I also tried //192.168.2.1/ home/roel/comms/downloads/complete, etc., but that returns permission problems. Also, I expected to see a "path to drop file" with correct spelling but I don't see that.

[sander]

You started with CentOS, switched to Ubuntu/Debian, and now Docker?

That's a bit of a moving target.

Can you stay on Ubuntu (no Docker), so that we focus on that?

And where I wrote " If you don't know Docker ... nice learning curve. ;-)" ... nice learning curve for you, meaning reading - trying - reading more - trying again - learning. Not: "I copy-pasted a text, and it's not working"

[roelvdh]

Fine, we'll go back to my unanswered question.
Starting sabnzbdplus in the terminal returns a colourful menu that does not respond well to my keyboard. The language is Danish (top menu option) which I cannot change, nor can I change other lines. The terminal video code seems to be wrong. After killing sabnzbplus and reading the logs I see that a service SABnzbd was started, using ini file /root/.sabnzbd/sabnzbd.ini.
Fine, I can change that file myself instead of sabnzbdplus doing that, i.e. entering username/password, etc. Afterwards you would expect "sudo service SABnzbd start" to start up the program, outputting something reasonable at 127.0.0.1:8080. But there is nothing on that address and then it turns out that the service was not even started.
So maybe an error in the ini file still? No clues are given.
So my basic problem is that sabnzbdplus is unusable, causing the service to start with wrong username, etc. Trying to start the service directly without sabnzbdplus has not yet been successful, but I assume this should be a minor issue in the ini file. I include the ini file after my modification.

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__version__ = 19
__encoding__ = utf-8
[misc]
pre_script = None
queue_complete = ""
queue_complete_pers = 0
bandwidth_perc = 100
refresh_rate = 0
interface_settings = ""
queue_limit = 20
config_lock = 0
fixed_ports = 1
notified_new_skin = 0
direct_unpack_tested = 0
sorters_converted = 1
check_new_rel = 1
auto_browser = 1
language = Dutch
enable_https_verification = 1
host = 127.0.0.1
port = 8080
https_port = ""
username = "roel"
password = "*********"
bandwidth_max = ""
cache_limit = 470.5 M
web_dir = Glitter
web_color = Auto
https_cert = server.cert
https_key = server.key
https_chain = ""
enable_https = 0
inet_exposure = 0
api_key = 74a09280e7794ce6a0bdff7e642e5466
nzb_key = 7837898397a34816a99ce0119f96506a
socks5_proxy_url = ""
permissions = ""
download_dir = /home/roel/comms/downloads/incomplete
download_free = ""
complete_dir = /home/roel/comms/downloads/complete
complete_free = ""
fulldisk_autoresume = 0
script_dir = ""
nzb_backup_dir = /home/roel/comms/nzb/drop
admin_dir = admin
backup_dir = ""
dirscan_dir = ""
dirscan_speed = 5
password_file = ""
log_dir = logs
max_art_tries = 3
top_only = 0
sfv_check = 1
script_can_fail = 0
enable_recursive = 1
flat_unpack = 0
par_option = ""
pre_check = 0
nice = ""
win_process_prio = 3
ionice = ""
fail_hopeless_jobs = 1
fast_fail = 1
auto_disconnect = 1
no_dupes = 0
no_series_dupes = 0
series_propercheck = 1
pause_on_pwrar = 1
ignore_samples = 0
deobfuscate_final_filenames = 1
auto_sort = ""
direct_unpack = 0
propagation_delay = 0
folder_rename = 1
replace_spaces = 0
replace_underscores = 0
replace_dots = 0
safe_postproc = 1
pause_on_post_processing = 0
enable_all_par = 0
sanitize_safe = 0
cleanup_list = ,
unwanted_extensions = ,
action_on_unwanted_extensions = 0
unwanted_extensions_mode = 0
new_nzb_on_failure = 0
history_retention = 0
quota_size = ""
quota_day = ""
quota_resume = 0
quota_period = m
enable_tv_sorting = 0
tv_sort_string = ""
tv_categories = tv,
enable_movie_sorting = 0
movie_sort_string = ""
movie_sort_extra = -cd%1
movie_categories = movies,
enable_date_sorting = 0
date_sort_string = ""
date_categories = tv,
schedlines = ,
rss_rate = 60
ampm = 0
start_paused = 0
preserve_paused_state = 0
enable_par_cleanup = 1
process_unpacked_par2 = 1
enable_multipar = 1
enable_unrar = 1
enable_7zip = 1
enable_filejoin = 1
enable_tsjoin = 1
overwrite_files = 0
ignore_unrar_dates = 0
backup_for_duplicates = 1
empty_postproc = 0
wait_for_dfolder = 0
rss_filenames = 0
api_logging = 1
html_login = 1
warn_dupl_jobs = 1
helpful_warnings = 1
keep_awake = 1
tray_icon = 1
allow_incomplete_nzb = 0
enable_broadcast = 1
ipv6_hosting = 0
api_warnings = 1
no_penalties = 0
x_frame_options = 1
allow_old_ssl_tls = 0
enable_season_sorting = 1
verify_xff_header = 0
rss_odd_titles = nzbindex.nl/, nzbindex.com/, nzbclub.com/
quick_check_ext_ignore = nfo, sfv, srr
req_completion_rate = 100.2
selftest_host = self-test.sabnzbd.org
movie_rename_limit = 100M
episode_rename_limit = 20M
size_limit = 0
direct_unpack_threads = 3
history_limit = 10
wait_ext_drive = 5
max_foldername_length = 246
nomedia_marker = ""
ipv6_servers = 1
url_base = /sabnzbd
host_whitelist = ubuntu,
local_ranges = ,
max_url_retries = 10
downloader_sleep_time = 10
receive_threads = 2
switchinterval = 0.005
ssdp_broadcast_interval = 15
ext_rename_ignore = ,
email_server = ""
email_to = ,
email_from = ""
email_account = ""
email_pwd = ""
email_endjob = 0
email_full = 0
email_dir = ""
email_rss = 0
email_cats = *,
[logging]
log_level = 1
max_log_size = 5242880
log_backups = 5
[ncenter]
ncenter_enable = 0
ncenter_cats = *,
ncenter_prio_startup = 1
ncenter_prio_download = 0
ncenter_prio_pause_resume = 0
ncenter_prio_pp = 0
ncenter_prio_complete = 1
ncenter_prio_failed = 1
ncenter_prio_disk_full = 1
ncenter_prio_new_login = 0
ncenter_prio_warning = 0
ncenter_prio_error = 0
ncenter_prio_queue_done = 1
ncenter_prio_other = 1
[acenter]
acenter_enable = 0
acenter_cats = *,
acenter_prio_startup = 0
acenter_prio_download = 0
acenter_prio_pause_resume = 0
acenter_prio_pp = 0
acenter_prio_complete = 1
acenter_prio_failed = 1
acenter_prio_disk_full = 1
acenter_prio_new_login = 0
acenter_prio_warning = 0
acenter_prio_error = 0
acenter_prio_queue_done = 1
acenter_prio_other = 1
[ntfosd]
ntfosd_enable = 1
ntfosd_cats = *,
ntfosd_prio_startup = 1
ntfosd_prio_download = 0
ntfosd_prio_pause_resume = 0
ntfosd_prio_pp = 0
ntfosd_prio_complete = 1
ntfosd_prio_failed = 1
ntfosd_prio_disk_full = 1
ntfosd_prio_new_login = 0
ntfosd_prio_warning = 0
ntfosd_prio_error = 0
ntfosd_prio_queue_done = 1
ntfosd_prio_other = 1
[prowl]
prowl_enable = 0
prowl_cats = *,
prowl_apikey = ""
prowl_prio_startup = -3
prowl_prio_download = -3
prowl_prio_pause_resume = -3
prowl_prio_pp = -3
prowl_prio_complete = 0
prowl_prio_failed = 1
prowl_prio_disk_full = 1
prowl_prio_new_login = -3
prowl_prio_warning = -3
prowl_prio_error = -3
prowl_prio_queue_done = 0
prowl_prio_other = 0
[pushover]
pushover_token = ""
pushover_userkey = ""
pushover_device = ""
pushover_emergency_expire = 3600
pushover_emergency_retry = 60
pushover_enable = 0
pushover_cats = *,
pushover_prio_startup = -3
pushover_prio_download = -2
pushover_prio_pause_resume = -2
pushover_prio_pp = -3
pushover_prio_complete = -1
pushover_prio_failed = -1
pushover_prio_disk_full = 1
pushover_prio_new_login = -3
pushover_prio_warning = 1
pushover_prio_error = 1
pushover_prio_queue_done = -1
pushover_prio_other = -1
[pushbullet]
pushbullet_enable = 0
pushbullet_cats = *,
pushbullet_apikey = ""
pushbullet_device = ""
pushbullet_prio_startup = 0
pushbullet_prio_download = 0
pushbullet_prio_pause_resume = 0
pushbullet_prio_pp = 0
pushbullet_prio_complete = 1
pushbullet_prio_failed = 1
pushbullet_prio_disk_full = 1
pushbullet_prio_new_login = 0
pushbullet_prio_warning = 0
pushbullet_prio_error = 0
pushbullet_prio_queue_done = 0
pushbullet_prio_other = 1
[nscript]
nscript_enable = 0
nscript_cats = *,
nscript_script = ""
nscript_parameters = ""
nscript_prio_startup = 1
nscript_prio_download = 0
nscript_prio_pause_resume = 0
nscript_prio_pp = 0
nscript_prio_complete = 1
nscript_prio_failed = 1
nscript_prio_disk_full = 1
nscript_prio_new_login = 0
nscript_prio_warning = 0
nscript_prio_error = 0
nscript_prio_queue_done = 1
nscript_prio_other = 1

Please kindly check the ini file and provide the correct command necessary to start sabnzbd from that config file. Otherwise, include instructions for using sabnzbdplus correcty. Thank you.

[sander]

Based on my tone of voice and your tone of voice, I doubt this will lead to a happy solution.

We can do one more try:
you do a fresh install of Ubuntu 22.04 (nothing more), and then open a forum thread "install sabnzbd on Ubuntu 22.04". I'll help you there. Just 3 commands.