Emacs stop responding on ssh after long wait

Question

I have noticed this recently and I don't know if this an issue with arch Linux or Emacs.

If I find a file on a remote machine and then I leave it open and do whatever, when I return to that file, Emacs doesn't respond. The only solution I have found is killing Emacs and reopen it.

Is there a more human way to do this?

Answer 1

You can configure your ssh connection to keep alive when idle using the ServerAliveInterval configuration property. You would put something like this in your ~/.ssh/config:

      Host *
           ServerAliveInterval 5