Actually - this isn't just the applet; things like 'gaim' start and say 
'waiting for network'.
ifconfig looks happy and actual connectivity is fine.

eth0      Link encap:Ethernet  HWaddr 00:04:75:76:6A:CF  
          inet addr:192.168.66.18  Bcast:192.168.66.255  Mask:255.255.255.0
          inet6 addr: fe80::204:75ff:fe76:6acf/64 Scope:Link
          UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST  MTU:1500  Metric:1
          RX packets:3246 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
          TX packets:3058 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
          collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000 
          RX bytes:3008951 (2.8 MiB)  TX bytes:260019 (253.9 KiB)
          Interrupt:16 Base address:0x8000 

lo        Link encap:Local Loopback  
          inet addr:127.0.0.1  Mask:255.0.0.0
          inet6 addr: ::1/128 Scope:Host
          UP LOOPBACK RUNNING  MTU:16436  Metric:1
          RX packets:70 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
          TX packets:70 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
          collisions:0 txqueuelen:0 
          RX bytes:5376 (5.2 KiB)  TX bytes:5376 (5.2 KiB)

tap0      Link encap:Ethernet  HWaddr 06:41:E5:83:D3:53  
          inet addr:192.168.66.128  Bcast:192.168.66.255  Mask:255.255.255.255
          inet6 addr: fe80::441:e5ff:fe83:d353/64 Scope:Link
          UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST  MTU:1500  Metric:1
          RX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
          TX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:21 overruns:0 carrier:0
          collisions:0 txqueuelen:500 
          RX bytes:0 (0.0 b)  TX bytes:0 (0.0 b)

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feisty fawn no network connection
https://launchpad.net/bugs/82927

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