Failed to retrieve source via git for sevral time . Is there another way to reterive the source?

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What steps will reproduce the problem?
1. repo init -u git://gitorious.org/rowboat/manifest.git -m rowboat-froyo.xml
2.repo sync

What is the expected output? What do you see instead?
fatal: unable to connect a socket (connection time out)
fatal: the remote end hung up unexpectedly
fatal: early eof.
What version of the product are you using? On what operating system?
Ubuntu 10_10
Beagle board.

Please provide any additional information below.

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Original issue reported on code.google.com by `mick...@gmail.com` on 2 Jan 2011 at 5:53

Start by reproducing the `repo init` and `repo sync` commands against the manifest URL on Ubuntu 10.10, then determine whether the timeout is specific to the Git transport or the remote source. Done means documenting a confirmed retrieval path or clearly recording that the source is unavailable; no project files or tests are named.

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