Ubuntu Karmic cdma modem problem

[Michael Butash <michael butash net>]

Hi,

I just upgraded a couple days ago to Karmic, and just noticed today that
my laptop isn't working with my Verizon mini-pci dell card.  Well, it
works mostly, but primarily won't install a default route and finally go
fully connected in the nm tray applet.  Watching syslog, what I found
was this:

Aug 19 15:53:26 jade-lin pppd[24058]: Connect: ppp0 <--> /dev/ttyUSB0
Aug 19 15:53:26 laptop NetworkManager:    SCPlugin-Ifupdown: devices
added (path: /sys/devices/virtual/net/ppp0, iface: ppp0)
Aug 19 15:53:26 laptop NetworkManager: <info>  (ttyUSB0): device state
change: 5 -> 6 (reason 0)
Aug 19 15:53:26 laptop NetworkManager: <info>  (ttyUSB0): device state
change: 6 -> 7 (reason 0)
Aug 19 15:53:26 laptop dnsmasq[8944]: no servers found
in /etc/resolv.conf, will retry
Aug 19 15:53:26 laptop pppd[24058]: Cannot determine ethernet address
for proxy ARP
Aug 19 15:53:26 laptop pppd[24058]: local  IP address xx.xx.xx.xx
Aug 19 15:53:26 laptop pppd[24058]: remote IP address xx.xx.xx.xx
Aug 19 15:53:26 laptop pppd[24058]: primary   DNS address 66.174.92.14
Aug 19 15:53:26 laptop pppd[24058]: secondary DNS address 69.78.96.14
Aug 19 15:53:26 laptop NetworkManager: <info>  PPP manager(IP Config
Get) reply received.
Aug 19 15:53:26 laptop NetworkManager: <info>  Activation (ttyUSB0)
Stage 4 of 5 (IP4 Configure Get) scheduled...
Aug 19 15:53:26 laptop NetworkManager: <info>  Activation (ttyUSB0)
Stage 4 of 5 (IP4 Configure Get) started...
Aug 19 15:53:26 laptop NetworkManager: <info>  Activation (ttyUSB0)
Stage 4 of 5 (IP4 Configure Get) complete.

While the nm-applet shows its not complete, ppp0 is up with an address,
and resolv.conf has those dns servers, despite the complaint.  Problem
was no default route, I'm assuming somehow to the related proxy arp
error.  If I add the default route, everything works despite nm-applet
still showing as not fully connected (2 green dots).  It's not ethernet,
and shouldn't necessarily require proxy arp here anyways, no?  It even
installed a /32 host route for the gateway, it just doesn't add the
default route.

Has anyone else run into this before?  I'd be happy to send along full
syslog output if it helps, but it sounds like just some logic needs
corrected for the hardware type.

TIA!

-mb