How to use the gconf.gconf.timeout function in gconf

def connect_remote(self, rargs=[], **opts):
        """connects to a remote slave

        Invoke an auxiliary utility (slave gsyncd, possibly wrapped)
        which sets up the connection and set up a RePCe client to
        communicate throuh its stdio.
        """
        slave = opts.get('slave', self.url)
        extra_opts = []
        so = getattr(gconf, 'session_owner', None)
        if so:
            extra_opts += ['--session-owner', so]
        if boolify(gconf.use_rsync_xattrs):
            extra_opts.append('--use-rsync-xattrs')
        po = Popen(rargs + gconf.remote_gsyncd.split() + extra_opts +
                   ['-N', '--listen', '--timeout', str(gconf.timeout),
                    slave],
                   stdin=subprocess.PIPE, stdout=subprocess.PIPE,
                   stderr=subprocess.PIPE)
        gconf.transport = po
        return self.start_fd_client(po.stdout, po.stdin, **opts)

"using rsync for extended attributes is not supported")

        repce = RepceServer(
            self.server, sys.stdin, sys.stdout, int(gconf.sync_jobs))
        t = syncdutils.Thread(target=lambda: (repce.service_loop(),
                                              syncdutils.finalize()))
        t.start()
        logging.info("slave listening")
        if gconf.timeout and int(gconf.timeout) > 0:
            while True:
                lp = self.server.last_keep_alive
                time.sleep(int(gconf.timeout))
                if lp == self.server.last_keep_alive:
                    logging.info(
                        "connection inactive for %d seconds, stopping" %
                        int(gconf.timeout))
                    break
        else:
            select((), (), ())

stop servicing if a timeout is configured and got no
        keep-alime in that inteval
        """

        if boolify(gconf.use_rsync_xattrs) and not privileged():
            raise GsyncdError(
                "using rsync for extended attributes is not supported")

        repce = RepceServer(
            self.server, sys.stdin, sys.stdout, int(gconf.sync_jobs))
        t = syncdutils.Thread(target=lambda: (repce.service_loop(),
                                              syncdutils.finalize()))
        t.start()
        logging.info("slave listening")
        if gconf.timeout and int(gconf.timeout) > 0:
            while True:
                lp = self.server.last_keep_alive
                time.sleep(int(gconf.timeout))
                if lp == self.server.last_keep_alive:
                    logging.info(
                        "connection inactive for %d seconds, stopping" %
                        int(gconf.timeout))
                    break
        else:
            select((), (), ())