Re: [SLUG] Debian auto-logouts
One possibility is that the TMOUT variable set in the environment, to check this do env |grep TMOUT and see what the response is. eg env |grep TMOUT TMOUT=7200 means that the shell will time out in 7200 seconds or 2 hours. To change this put export TMOUT=0 in your /etc/bashrc or ~/.bashrc file or comment out any existing equivalent line. Another possibility is that ssh or a firewall is timing you out if you are logging in remotely. If you think this might be the problem have a look at the /etc/ssh/sshd_config file or check your firewall configuration. Hope this helps, Chris Freeman Alan L Tyree wrote: Hi, I've just installed Debian Woody with the 2.4 kernel and (for the time being) IceWm. The system logs out a normal user after a period of inaction. I'm not quite sure what the period is. Where do I change this behavior? Thanks for the help, Alan -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ Subscription info and FAQs: http://slug.org.au/faq/mailinglists.html
Re: [SLUG] Debian auto-logouts
On Tue, 27 Jul 2004 17:10:11 +1000 Chris Freeman [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: SNIP From /var/log/messages: Jul 27 16:13:50 windy -- MARK -- Jul 27 16:20:01 windy gconfd (alant-5921): GConf server is not in use, shutting down. Jul 27 16:20:01 windy gconfd (alant-5921): Exiting Jul 27 16:33:50 windy -- MARK -- Jul 27 16:34:02 windy gconfd (alant-7234): starting (version 1.0.9), pid 7234 us er 'alant' So it seems like gconfd is logging me out. it does a -- MARK -- every 20 min. I don't seem to have any documentation on gconf. Any other ideas gratefully received. Thanks, Alan Alan L Tyree wrote: Hi, I've just installed Debian Woody with the 2.4 kernel and (for the time being) IceWm. The system logs out a normal user after a period of inaction. I'm not quite sure what the period is. Where do I change this behavior? Thanks for the help, Alan -- -- Alan L Tyree http://www2.austlii.edu.au/~alan Tel: +61 2 4782 2670 Mobile: +61 405 084 990 Fax: +61 2 4782 7092 -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ Subscription info and FAQs: http://slug.org.au/faq/mailinglists.html
Re: [SLUG] Debian auto-logouts
quote who=Alan L Tyree On Tue, 27 Jul 2004 17:10:11 +1000 Chris Freeman [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: SNIP From /var/log/messages: Jul 27 16:13:50 windy -- MARK -- Jul 27 16:20:01 windy gconfd (alant-5921): GConf server is not in use, shutting down. Jul 27 16:20:01 windy gconfd (alant-5921): Exiting Jul 27 16:33:50 windy -- MARK -- Jul 27 16:34:02 windy gconfd (alant-7234): starting (version 1.0.9), pid 7234 us er 'alant' So it seems like gconfd is logging me out. it does a -- MARK -- every 20 min. I don't seem to have any documentation on gconf. No, that's gconf shutting down BECAUSE you've logged out and there is no longer any clients. J. -- Jan Schmidt [EMAIL PROTECTED] ENOSIG -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ Subscription info and FAQs: http://slug.org.au/faq/mailinglists.html
Re: [SLUG] Debian auto-logouts
On Tue, 27 Jul 2004 18:04:48 +1000 Jan Schmidt [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: quote who=Alan L Tyree On Tue, 27 Jul 2004 17:10:11 +1000 Chris Freeman [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: SNIP From /var/log/messages: Jul 27 16:13:50 windy -- MARK -- Jul 27 16:20:01 windy gconfd (alant-5921): GConf server is not in use, shutting down. Jul 27 16:20:01 windy gconfd (alant-5921): Exiting Jul 27 16:33:50 windy -- MARK -- Jul 27 16:34:02 windy gconfd (alant-7234): starting (version 1.0.9), pid 7234 us er 'alant' So it seems like gconfd is logging me out. it does a -- MARK -- every 20 min. I don't seem to have any documentation on gconf. No, that's gconf shutting down BECAUSE you've logged out and there is no longer any clients. Oh - so where do I look to find out what is logging me out? Is this a Debian or an IceWm problem (if it is a problem)? Thanks, Alan J. -- Jan Schmidt [EMAIL PROTECTED] ENOSIG -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ Subscription info and FAQs: http://slug.org.au/faq/mailinglists.html -- -- Alan L Tyree http://www2.austlii.edu.au/~alan Tel: +61 2 4782 2670 Mobile: +61 405 084 990 Fax: +61 2 4782 7092 -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ Subscription info and FAQs: http://slug.org.au/faq/mailinglists.html
Re: [SLUG] Debian auto-logouts
Alan L Tyree said: On Tue, 27 Jul 2004 18:04:48 +1000 Jan Schmidt [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: quote who=Alan L Tyree On Tue, 27 Jul 2004 17:10:11 +1000 Chris Freeman [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: SNIP From /var/log/messages: Jul 27 16:13:50 windy -- MARK -- Jul 27 16:20:01 windy gconfd (alant-5921): GConf server is not in use, shutting down. Jul 27 16:20:01 windy gconfd (alant-5921): Exiting Jul 27 16:33:50 windy -- MARK -- Jul 27 16:34:02 windy gconfd (alant-7234): starting (version 1.0.9), pid 7234 us er 'alant' So it seems like gconfd is logging me out. it does a -- MARK -- every 20 min. I don't seem to have any documentation on gconf. No, that's gconf shutting down BECAUSE you've logged out and there is no longer any clients. Oh - so where do I look to find out what is logging me out? Is this a Debian or an IceWm problem (if it is a problem)? Hi Alan, Stab in the dark, are you running xscreensaver? if so, have a look at your $HOME/.xscreensaver file the first four entries are the interesting ones. I can't remember which, but one of these was set to 2 minutes, so I upped it to 10 hours and haven't had a problem since. setting it to zero might disable it altogether, not sure. timeout:10:00:00 cycle: 0:01:00 lock: False lockTimeout:10:00:00 I think it might have been lockTimeout 00:02:00 or something I remember trying to see if it was a gui setting and not finding one until I saw it in the file. But this may not be your problem at all. Best of luck. -- Kind regards, Hal Ashburner signature.asc Description: Digital signature -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ Subscription info and FAQs: http://slug.org.au/faq/mailinglists.html
Re: [SLUG] Debian auto-logouts
On Wed, 28 Jul 2004 06:35:38 +1000 [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Harald Richard Ashburner) wrote: SNIP Hi Alan, Stab in the dark, are you running xscreensaver? if so, have a look at your $HOME/.xscreensaver file the first four entries are the interesting ones. I can't remember which, but one of these was set to 2 minutes, so I upped it to 10 hours and haven't had a problem since. setting it to zero might disable it altogether, not sure. timeout:10:00:00 cycle: 0:01:00 lock: False lockTimeout:10:00:00 I think it might have been lockTimeout 00:02:00 or something I remember trying to see if it was a gui setting and not finding one until I saw it in the file. But this may not be your problem at all. Sigh - thanks for the effort, but no .xscreensaver. I only installed this system two days ago and I have never had any experience with Debian (love it though!). I'm very happy with the whole installation except for this one nagging problem. Thanks, A Best of luck. -- Kind regards, Hal Ashburner -- -- Alan L Tyree http://www2.austlii.edu.au/~alan Tel: +61 2 4782 2670 Mobile: +61 405 084 990 Fax: +61 2 4782 7092 -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ Subscription info and FAQs: http://slug.org.au/faq/mailinglists.html
