installation problem on svn 1.2.3

Hi,
I am trying to set up an server on my local machine. My IDEA5.01 IDE
does not let me check out files from the repository using the file:///
format( which works for me on the command line) as follows:
svnadmin create /usr/local/subversion/repos

[phil@hardwoodthunder subversion]$ svn import /tmp/ReportingSystem
file:///usr/local/subversion/repos -m "initial import"
Adding /tmp/ReportingSystem/trunk
Adding /tmp/ReportingSystem/trunk/index.wml
Adding /tmp/ReportingSystem/trunk/index.html
Adding /tmp/ReportingSystem/branches
Adding /tmp/ReportingSystem/tags

[phil@hardwoodthunder subversion]$ svn checkout
file:///usr/local/subversion/repos/trunk ReportingSystem
A ReportingSystem/index.wml
A ReportingSystem/index.html
Checked out revision 1.

Committed revision 1.

 so I have tried to use the custom server format.

I can't find in the docs how to do it from the command line. Here's
what I tried:
1. Start tomcat
2.svnserv -i
3. [phil@hardwoodthunder subversion]$ svn checkout
svn://localhost:8080/usr/local/subversion/repos/trunk Report
svn: Connection closed unexpectedly

Any ideas what I don't understand or what I am doing wrong?
thanks,
Phil
Received on Tue Sep 20 20:25:28 2005