Billy and co. are right. Gaim will not connect if you have your connection configured manually, among other apps. As NM is now on by default, this needs to be resolved. Before Feisty.
-- Can't use static ip address with network-manager https://launchpad.net/bugs/5364 -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
