Could you add --trace=Program,N:Rss,N:Atom to the mono arguments in /usr/bin/blam? This should tell us more about the problem.
Are you trying to download an Atom 1.0 feed? That won't work properly at the moment. (You can check by downloading the feed with your browser or wget) -- blam crashes when displaying a feed https://launchpad.net/bugs/84353 -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
