The issue is still with us following full install! I went ahead and installed Maverick onto the hard drive. Sometimes it gets an IP number and connects, sometimes not, and there doesn't seem to be any particular thing that I can do during bootup to insure that it does or doesn't connect. Attached is a apport output taken when the network definitely did NOT connect.
** Attachment added: "drivers.apport" https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/network-manager/+bug/662306/+attachment/1704855/+files/drivers.apport -- Possible issue with 64-bit 10.10 network drivers https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/662306 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