Lost internet connectivity on upgrade from Kubuntu 9.04 to 9.10

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Binary package hint: kdebase-workspace

Kubuntu 9.04 (Jaunty) auto-updated to 9.10 (Hardy). After completion of update, could not connect to Internet using Firefox 3.5 (also updated from ver. 3.04 @ same time). Still have ** LOCAL NETWORK ** (i.e., other computers) connectivity.

NOTE: This data being entered from Firefox 3.5 under WinXP Pro SP3 as the affected Kubuntu 9.10 will not allow web browsing, etc. after the Hardy "upgrade". (I presume) There was an error report generated on the "Hardy" pack, but, again, I cannot upload it as I have no access to the "Hardy" pack @ this time from WinXP Pro.

ProblemType: Crash
Architecture: i386
Date: Sun Nov 1 08:33:54 2009
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 9.10
ExecutablePath: /usr/bin/systemsettings
NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia
Package: systemsettings 4:4.3.2-0ubuntu7
ProcCmdline: /usr/bin/systemsettings -caption System\ Settings -icon preferences-system
ProcEnviron:
 LANG=en_CA.UTF-8
 SHELL=/bin/bash
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.31-14.48-generic
SourcePackage: kdebase-workspace
Title: systemsettings crashed with AttributeError in maintenance_command()
Uname: Linux 2.6.31-14-generic i686
UserGroups: adm admin audio cdrom dialout dip floppy fuse lpadmin plugdev sambashare video

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Thank you for taking the time to report this crash and helping to make Ubuntu better. This particular crash has already been reported and is a duplicate of bug #436392, so is being marked as such. Please look at the other bug report to see if there is any missing information that you can provide, or to see if there is a workaround for the bug. Additionally, any further discussion regarding the bug should occur in the other report. Please continue to report any other bugs you may find.