I'm new to SVN but I managed to install a server on my server and get it to load the respositories from the web (using uberSVN) but when I try to connect to it in eclipse using Subversive I keep getting am error reading "svn: handshake failed, received: ' " For my url I'm using "svn://mydomain.com:3690/svn" I have no problem connecting to the server through TortoiseSVN so I know the problem is not with the server. I know this is a noob question, but any help is greatly appreciated :)
Make sure the svn client used in Eclipse is compatible with the svn version for the server. Also check TortoiseSVN version and compare with what you got in Eclipse. Per my experience, there are some major incompatibilities between SVN 1.4.x and 1.6.x.