On Sep 20, 2012, at 10:43, Jing Jin <johnnyjinj...@gmail.com> wrote:
> I am new subversion user. I installed subversion in the ubuntu linux > yesterday, but I cannot get it to work with http address. The "svn co" > command will result in a timeout error after an hour. > > I have done some tests on my computer. I can do "svn co" with https and svn > address, e.g. svn://svn.openttd.org/trunk. But for http address, there is a > problem. I can see the directory and files using a browser, e.g. > http://svn.openttd.org/trunk, but "svn co" does not work. > > Also I tried to "svn co" on another machine and network for the same address, > and it worked fine. > > Can anybody help me with that issue? Perhaps your network has a proxy server that doesn't understand WebDAV HTTP methods. You could talk to your network administrator about fixing the proxy server. Or if available you could use HTTPS since a proxy can't mangle encrypted traffic.