Hi, I don't know ti it helps, but when launched from a terminal (in this case throught ssh), epiphany outputs as its first line:
** (epiphany-browser:16061): WARNING **: failed to read user preferences, error: 80004005 HTH, Xav -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]