Hi ,
Looks like I have the same problem ...
Symptoms:
(*) server preferences > Update server.met from URL is not working (i.e. it does not download updated server list)
(*) server list gets ereased on average every 3rd day, so if server connection fails I am out of E2DK
(*) the only way to download a full server list is via e2dk:// download (format like: ed2k://|serverlist|http://server.com/servers.php|/)
I am running updated Ubuntu 8.04 in the desktopless environment and other than that amuleweb + amuled works great
best regards
B.