It seems that this update is not being built for all CPUs. An older version is being installed on my Averatec 3280 laptop -
$ dpkg -s network-manager-gnome Package: network-manager-gnome Status: install ok installed Priority: optional Section: gnome Installed-Size: 4736 Maintainer: Ubuntu Core Developers <ubuntu-devel-disc...@lists.ubuntu.com> Architecture: i386 Source: network-manager-applet Version: 0.8~a~git.20091014t134532.4033e62-0ubuntu1 Depends: libatk1.0-0 (>= 1.20.0), libc6 (>= 2.4), libcairo2 (>= 1.2.4), libdbus-1-3 (>= 1.0.2), libdbus-glib-1-2 (>= 0.78), libfontconfig1 (>= 2.4.0), libfreetype6 (>= 2.2.1), libgconf2-4 (>= 2.23.2), libglade2-0 (>= 1:2.6.1), libglib2.0-0 (>= 2.18.0), libgnome-bluetooth7 (>= 2.27.8), libgnome-keyring0 (>= 2.20.3), libgtk2.0-0 (>= 2.16.0), libnm-glib2 (>= 0.8~a~git.20090923t064445.b20cef2), libnm-util1 (>= 0.8~a~git.20090930t162132.866d48b), libnotify1 (>= 0.4.5), libnotify1-gtk2.10, libpango1.0-0 (>= 1.14.0), libxml2 (>= 2.6.27), zlib1g (>= 1:1.1.4), gconf2 (>= 2.10.1-2), network-manager (>= 0.8~a~git.20090831t055002), gksu, mobile-broadband-provider-info (>= 20090622) This version still fails to enable the default route. Ubuntu version and kernel version DISTRIB_ID=Ubuntu DISTRIB_RELEASE=9.10 DISTRIB_CODENAME=karmic DISTRIB_DESCRIPTION="Ubuntu karmic (development branch)" Linux cupid 2.6.31-14-generic #48-Ubuntu SMP Fri Oct 16 14:04:26 UTC 2009 i686 GNU/Linux model name : Mobile AMD Sempron(tm) Processor 2800+ Hopefully, the fixed version will be built for this CPU type. -- NetworkManager fails to set IP and route information entered https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/438454 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs