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| wolfpsy | Subject: Server or software timeouts?? |  |
| I'm not sure if this is a timeout of ATutor or the server it is running on... but here's the problem. I have students taking 100 question multiple choice tests on ATutor and a student reported that after they'd done their test, they hit the "submit the test" button and were taken back to the login screen... and their test activity was not filed. My question: Is there a timer or a time-out function in ATutor that can be set by the Admin some how? Thanks! Bob Lee wolfpsy.phpwebhosting.com/ATutor Posted: 2003-09-12 03:39:55 | ||
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| wolfpsy | Subject: Time out info | |
| This time-out of either the software or the server has happened also when students are filing an essay online; it seems their essay is lost if it takes more than about 5 to 8 minutes... which happens. I've told them, for now, to write their essay in WORD and then copy-paste into ATutor... but, I'm guessing, this same time-out of the essay writing and test-taking are related and it is likely there is some switch in ATutor that can be set to govern time that a page will sit and accept input before there is a time-out of the login. I'm guessing this is some feature of the login routines... and there must be a variable somewhere that can control the length of time before the login routine disconnects a student and their work is lost and they have to reloggin. Anybody have any ideas/suggestions on controlling this time-out feature/routine? I'm not sure the routine is in the login routines but it is a reasonable diagnosis. Thanks! Bob Lee wolfspy@hotmail.com wolfpsy.phpwebhosting.com/ATutor Posted: 2003-09-12 03:46:04 | ||
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greg | Subject: Adjust timeout value | |
Increase the value of session.gc_maxlifetime in include/constants.inc.php line 96. Default is two hours, defined in seconds.
Posted: 2003-09-12 11:15:53 | ||
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| wolfpsy | Subject: Server/ATutor Timeouts | |
| I did what you suggested below but the system was still timing out. I have changed a cache_timeout variable in Atutor/include/lib/constants.inc.php from the 3 value that was there to 3600 now. I'm thinking this fixed the timeout problem but am awaiting further reports from students on the time-out of exams issue. Perhaps you might want to comment on the change that I made? Does that make sense to you to change the cache_timeout variable from 3 to 3600? I'm guessing that this problem of time-outs will occur with other ATutor users... so it would be a nice feature to either (a) have a section in the docs to explain timing functions or (b) have an administrator php command page for setting timing functions. Thanks! Bob Lee wolfpsy.phpwebhosting.com/ATutor
Posted: 2003-09-14 19:49:46 | ||
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joel | Subject: Server/ATutor Timeouts | |
| Where did you find that cache_timeout variable? We can't seem to find it. Unless you're refering to a different variable, but the only one that would affect the session timeout would be the session.gc_maxlifetime variable. .joel Posted: 2003-09-15 13:01:52 | ||
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| wolfpsy | Subject: Cache_Time_Out variable location | |
| I am looking at line 34 in atutor/include/lib/constants.inc.php at this variable: define('CACHE_TIME_OUT', 3); This is set to 3 in the released archieve; I have twiddled with it to make it be 3600 on my system. I am still not sure that it is avoiding time-outs, though. In line 97 of the same file, see here: define('ONLINE_UPDATE', 120); /* update the user expiry every 3 min */ I have changed that one to be 120 instead of 3... Lastly, I have changed this one in line 93: ini_set('session.gc_maxlifetime', '36000'); /* 2 hours */ It was originally set at 120; I've not set it to 36000... I need to figure out how to make sure the test module does not timeout as it will really frustrate students who have spent an hour to do an online test to find that their submission is lost and their taken back to a login screen. I'm not sure I have fixed it here... hoping I have but do not know with certainty. Thanks for your input/guidance/suggestions/help!  Bob Lee wolfpsy.phpwebhosting.com/ATutor
Posted: 2003-09-15 13:40:06 | ||
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