I've the same problem. I've solved it (gaim now work) deconfiguring the eth interface, in fact networkmanager manage my wired connection. The problem is that doing this way i cannot assign a static ip to my machine
-- network-manager in feisty is broken https://launchpad.net/bugs/82715 -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
