I can confirm the bug. In my case, I have to do a /etc/init.d/networking restart to get the network to work after a reboot and even then GAIM doesn't connect automatically. This is indeed, a major bug in Feisty.
-- network-manager should not set offline mode when it manages no device https://launchpad.net/bugs/82335 -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
