Full_Name: Alfred Steffens Jr. Version: 1.5.2 OS: Linux Submission from: p138.netwood.net (209.247.185.38) I'm using glibc 2.0.6 and kernel 2.2.12 and gcc-2.7.2.1 . When I try to execute httplib.HTTP() or urllib.urlretrieve() I get a segmentation fault. The functions work ok with kernel 1.2.13 .