> > > The issue is that you're not using Network Manager but appear to have > it running, or something like that. Most people on the GNOME desktop > (where Empathy is the default IM client) use Network Manager so using > it by default is the most sensible option. > > OK now you've confused me a little bit. You say that I'm not using Network Manager. I honestly don't know too much about Network Manager and I don't really know whether or not I'm "using" it, whatever that might mean. I just installed Debian Squeeze Beta 1 with pretty much all default options and a manually configured static IP address (manually configured IP address during the installation process). I tweaked absolutely nothing related to Network Manager or similar packages (or anything else for that matter). So you can consider my system to be pretty standard, and many other people that install Debian Squeeze will have a system configured just like mine.
My next question is, you say I "appear to have it running, or something like that". How do I run it? How do I turn it off? If my computer is a Desktop (not a laptop) with a static IP address, do you recommend running Network Manager or turning it off, and how to I run it and/or turn it off? Yes, my install of Debian Squeeze is default everything so yes, I _am_ using Gnome. In summary, since my install of Debian Squeeze is a very standard one and I have not tweaked anything (other than specifying a static IP address during the install process), and since Empathy and Pidgin are not working for me out of the box (I had to use the scary "gconf" workaround mentioned before, and _nobody_ else will figure that one out), I would consider this to still be a bug. Perhaps reopen the bug?
