If you telnet or netcat to the host on port 3690, what do you get? The expected answer is, "The same output I get when I run 'svnserve -i' on the server".
Larry Goldman wrote on Tue, Sep 11, 2012 at 16:46:29 -0700: > I'm attempting to get svnserve running on OS X Server 10.8. > > I have successfully installed the client and server (using Fink). > > When starting svnserve from the command line ("svnserve -d -r /Groups/svn"), > the client lists the repository contents successfully. > > When I start svnserve via launchd as specified in the Red Book, the client > reports: Malformed network data. > > I believe I have the correct launchd .plist. > > I have tried this with SVN version 1.7.5 and 1.6.18. Both can connect OK from > command line, but report Malformed Network Data for launchd invocation. > > Any ideas? > > Thanks, > > Larry Goldman