--- a/Plugins/VcsPlugins/vcsMercurial/HgClient.py	Fri Jul 05 19:39:15 2013 +0200
+++ b/Plugins/VcsPlugins/vcsMercurial/HgClient.py	Sat Jul 06 15:48:58 2013 +0200
@@ -80,7 +80,7 @@
             self.__server.setProcessEnvironment(env)
         
         self.__server.start('hg', self.__serverArgs)
-        serverStarted = self.__server.waitForStarted()
+        serverStarted = self.__server.waitForStarted(5000)
         if not serverStarted:
             return False, self.trUtf8(
                     'The process {0} could not be started. '