[mythtv-users] Backend fails to start on boot on slave backend, but will start manually

[Raymond Wagner]

On 4/29/2012 11:24, Ben Lancaster wrote:
> C CoreContext mythmiscutil.cpp:593 (checkTimeZone) Current time on the 
> master backend differs from time on this system.
> N CoreContext mythmiscutil.cpp:495 (print_timezone_info) Detected time 
> zone settings:#012    Master: Zone ID: 'Europe/London', UTC Offset: 
> '3600', Current Time: '2012-04-29T14:38:33'#012     Local: Zone ID: 
> 'Europe/London', UTC Offset: '3600', Current Time: '2012-04-29T13:37:06'
> E CoreContext main_helpers.cpp:472 (connect_to_master) The time and/or 
> time zone settings on this system do not match those in use on the 
> master backend. Please ensure all frontend and backend systems are 
> configured to use the same time zone and have the current time 
> properly set.
> E CoreContext main_helpers.cpp:474 (connect_to_master) Unable to run 
> with invalid time settings. Exiting.

Looks like your motherboard's hardware clock is set an hour off.  When 
you boot, the clock is initially wrong, and mythbackend aborts.  Shortly 
there after, NTP resets the clock, and subsequent attempts to start the 
backend succeed.