idle timeout control?

[petenish]

Being a newbie, I was mucking around and was wondering if there is (or
was) a enhancement request for a "finer" granularity to, for lack of
a better name, the "idle timeout"?

According to the little I've found/poked around, apparently the
current idle timeout seems to be hardcoded to 5 minutes (true?).
Just wondering if this could be set to some other value. I looked
through the options of fahclient (i.e., 'fahclient --help') and
didn't "see" anything.

Just asking.

Thanks for your patience.

[Neil-B]

I'm fairly sure the work on idle is driven by whatever the specific OS that is being use uses to announce it is idle … For Windows I believe this is when the screensaver (set to blank) kicks in so if you set you screen saver to 1 minute then that would define the point at which FAH would fold … think it is less clear with the Linux variants as there are so many flavours of desktop GUI the come with/without screensavers … Someone more technical than I may correct me or be able to provide a clearer/more definitive sets of information.

[petenish]

I'm running on macOS (basically linux), so is there a way/option that I could
use to NOT stop the processes if my activity isn't totally idle (and having to
wait the requisite 5 or so minutes)?

[JimboPalmer]

There are two choices, Always and On Idle. I would chose Always. (I know how to select it in Windows, but have not owned a Mac newer than MacOS 9)

[petenish]

Yeah, I could do that. Just was wondering if the timeout (or other things)
were more tuneable/changeable.

Thanks.

[JimboPalmer]

I know how to change it in Windows, but I have not owned a Mac since MacOS 9.21. Sorry. It really is an OS setting (if it exists), not a F@H setting.

[Neil-B]

Not sure if this will help at all but may be a starting point https://www.dssw.co.uk/blog/2015-01-21- ... idle-time/

[Joe_H]

I don't know offhand which means is used by the client, something based on the Apple "idle", or the inactivity timer as mentioned in the article linked by Neil-B. What I have seen when I tried it out in the past, was about a 5 minute wait from the time I stopped using a keyboard or mouse. I have not seen any means of altering the period in the client.