[gdm] Increase the default timeout for PingIntervalSeconds from 15 to 60 and update docs to highlight how



commit 31abb34e8792c64e202508a8066e723889439b6b
Author: Brian Cameron <Brian Cameron sun com>
Date:   Wed Apr 21 17:43:35 2010 -0500

    Increase the default timeout for PingIntervalSeconds from 15 to 60 and update
    docs to highlight how this feature works, since the previous docs were
    misleading.  Fixes bug #606861.

 data/gdm.schemas.in.in |    2 +-
 docs/C/gdm.xml         |   13 +++++++------
 2 files changed, 8 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-)
---
diff --git a/data/gdm.schemas.in.in b/data/gdm.schemas.in.in
index b077d6e..514117d 100644
--- a/data/gdm.schemas.in.in
+++ b/data/gdm.schemas.in.in
@@ -119,7 +119,7 @@
     <schema>
       <key>xdmcp/PingIntervalSeconds</key>
       <signature>i</signature>
-      <default>15</default>
+      <default>60</default>
     </schema>
     <schema>
       <key>xdmcp/Willing</key>
diff --git a/docs/C/gdm.xml b/docs/C/gdm.xml
index 87941e0..8ad3046 100644
--- a/docs/C/gdm.xml
+++ b/docs/C/gdm.xml
@@ -1528,13 +1528,14 @@ gdm:.my.domain
           <varlistentry>
             <term>PingIntervalSeconds</term>
             <listitem>
-              <synopsis>PingIntervalSeconds=15</synopsis>
+              <synopsis>PingIntervalSeconds=60</synopsis>
               <para>
-                Interval in which to ping the Xserver in seconds.  If the
-                Xserver does not respond before the next time we ping it, the
-                connection is stopped and the session ended.  This is a
-                combination of the XDM PingInterval and PingTimeout, but in
-                seconds.
+                If the Xserver does not respond in the specified number of
+                seconds, then the connection is stopped and the session ended.
+                When this happens the slave daemon dies with an ALARM signal.
+                Note that GDM 2.20 and earlier multiplied this setting by 2,
+                so it may be necessary to increase the timeout if upgrading
+                from GDM 2.20 and earlier to a newer version.
               </para>
 
               <para>



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