Check if you are behind a firewall that blocks the git protocol on port 9418. The http version is there for people who are behind such a firewall. That being said, the http version should be documented on the git page, rather than just on the mailing list at http://thread.gmane.org/gmane.linux.alsa.devel/53959/focus=54060 (Nudge to Jaroslav) And, yes, you can base a patch off the http repository. Ben. On Tue, 2008-07-01 at 05:18 -0400, Aldrin Martoq wrote: > Hello! > > http://www.alsa-project.org/main/index.php/GIT_Server#Occasional_Developers > > Says but doesn't work: > $ git clone git://git.alsa-project.org/alsa-driver.git alsa-driver > Initialized empty Git repository in /tmp/alsa-driver/.git/ > git.alsa-project.org[0: 212.20.107.51]: errno=Connection refused > fatal: unable to connect a socket (Connection refused) > fetch-pack from 'git://git.alsa-project.org/alsa-driver.git' failed. > > > Well, this works: > git clone http://git.alsa-project.org/http/alsa-driver.git alsa-driver > > > Is this the right repository for submitting patches? > > > Thanks! > _______________________________________________ Alsa-devel mailing list Alsa-devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx http://mailman.alsa-project.org/mailman/listinfo/alsa-devel