More information: - the segfault described in my previous mail is still present in hg (revision 170); - surf actually prints out error messages when trying to access linuxmail.org, and this might be a problem with my own setup:
sh: /usr/lib/nspluginwrapper/i386/linux/npviewer: No such file or directory *** NSPlugin Wrapper *** ERROR: failed to execute NSPlugin viewer *** NSPlugin Wrapper *** ERROR: failed to initialize plugin-side RPC client connection *** NSPlugin Wrapper *** WARNING:(../src/npw-wrapper.c:3156):invoke_NP_Initialize: assertion failed: (rpc_method_invoke_possible(g_rpc_connection)) sh: /usr/lib/nspluginwrapper/i386/linux/npviewer: No such file or directory *** NSPlugin Wrapper *** ERROR: failed to execute NSPlugin viewer *** NSPlugin Wrapper *** ERROR: failed to initialize plugin-side RPC client connection *** NSPlugin Wrapper *** WARNING:(../src/npw-wrapper.c:3156):invoke_NP_Initialize: assertion failed: (rpc_method_invoke_possible(g_rpc_connection))