Get php fatal error when trying to go into owncloud

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Steps to reproduce
1.try to access http://covici.com/owncloud
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Expected behaviour
Tell us what should happen
I should get the login screen
Actual behaviour
Tell us what happens instead
I get php fatal error and after enabling php_startup_errors and display_errors I get the following in my php error log
[05-May-2017 11:44:21 UTC] PHP Fatal error: Maximum execution time of 30 seconds exceeded in /var/www/covici.com/htdocs-secure/owncloud/lib/base.php on line 542
[05-May-2017 11:44:21 UTC] PHP Stack trace:
[05-May-2017 11:44:21 UTC] PHP 1. {main}() /var/www/covici.com/htdocs-secure/owncloud/index.php:0
[05-May-2017 11:44:21 UTC] PHP 2. require_once() /var/www/covici.com/htdocs-secure/owncloud/index.php:37
[05-May-2017 11:44:21 UTC] PHP 3. OC::init() /var/www/covici.com/htdocs-secure/owncloud/lib/base.php:967
[05-May-2017 11:44:21 UTC] PHP 4. set_time_limit() /var/www/covici.com/htdocs-secure/owncloud/lib/base.php:542

Server configuration
Operating system: Gentoo linux
Web server:apache 2.4
Database:postgresql
PHP version:5.6
ownCloud version (see ownCloud admin page):9.1.0
Updated from an older ownCloud or fresh install:updated
Special configuration (external storage, external authentication, reverse proxy, server-side-encryption):

ownCloud configuration

Go to the admin page, click on 'admin' -> 'Generate Config Report' -> 'Download ownCloud config report' or use the command line `sudo -u www-data php occ config:list system` (please sanitize sensitive data)
{
    "system": {
        "instanceid": "occc0c1ec9dc",
        "passwordsalt": "***REMOVED SENSITIVE VALUE***",
        "datadirectory": "\/var\/www\/covici.com\/htdocs-secure\/owncloud\/data",
        "dbtype": "pgsql",
        "version": "9.1.0.15",
        "dbname": "owncloud",
        "dbhost": "127.0.0.1",
        "dbtableprefix": "oc_",
        "dbuser": "***REMOVED SENSITIVE VALUE***",
        "dbpassword": "***REMOVED SENSITIVE VALUE***",
        "installed": true,
        "forcessl": true,
        "loglevel": "1",
        "theme": "",
        "maintenance": false,
        "overwrite.cli.url": "\/owncloud",
        "trusted_domains": [
            "covici.com"
        ],
        "secret": "***REMOVED SENSITIVE VALUE***",
        "trashbin_retention_obligation": "auto",
        "debug": false,
        "mail_smtpmode": "smtp",
        "mail_from_address": "owncloud",
        "mail_domain": "covici.com",
        "mail_smtpauthtype": "LOGIN",
        "mail_smtphost": "localhost",
        "mail_smtpport": "25"
    }
}

ownCloud log (data/owncloud.log)
nothing in the log about this error
Please paste possible errors in the following code block, see https://central.owncloud.org/t/how-to-find-webserver-or-oc-logfile-enable-php-logfile/808 for more info

Integrity status for oC9+
everything checks

Login as admin user into your ownCloud and access
http://example.com/index.php/settings/integrity/failed
paste the results here.

You should really update to 9.1.5 first as advised in your old thread before searching and reporting issues in such an outdated version.

I did try that at some point, but it did not fix the problem and so went back to the version I had. At first, I thought it was the database and I did the upgrade, but it gave me the same symptoms, although at the time, I had no way of seeing the actual php error.

Also, It looks like I have the same problem when I use the davfs client. It takes a long time, but does eventually mount. Now, if I comment out the line and the following two lines, I can actually access the server, but I know I cannot leave it this way.