diff -up pidgin-2.7.11/libpurple/network.c.nm09more pidgin-2.7.11/libpurple/network.c
--- pidgin-2.7.11/libpurple/network.c.nm09more	2011-04-26 11:54:40.894171020 -0500
+++ pidgin-2.7.11/libpurple/network.c	2011-04-26 12:00:55.533487383 -0500
@@ -833,8 +833,20 @@ purple_network_is_available(void)
 			purple_debug_warning("network", "NetworkManager not active. Assuming connection exists.\n");
 	}
 
-	if (nm_state == NM_STATE_UNKNOWN || nm_state == NM_STATE_CONNECTED)
-		return TRUE;
+	switch (nm_state)
+	{
+		case NM_STATE_UNKNOWN:
+#if NM_CHECK_VERSION(0,8,992)
+		case NM_STATE_CONNECTED_LOCAL:
+		case NM_STATE_CONNECTED_SITE:
+		case NM_STATE_CONNECTED_GLOBAL:
+#else
+		case NM_STATE_CONNECTED:
+#endif
+			return TRUE;
+		default:
+			break;
+	}
 
 	return FALSE;
 
@@ -1170,8 +1182,8 @@ purple_network_init(void)
 		                                     NM_DBUS_SERVICE,
 		                                     NM_DBUS_PATH,
 		                                     NM_DBUS_INTERFACE);
-		dbus_g_proxy_add_signal(nm_proxy, "StateChange", G_TYPE_UINT, G_TYPE_INVALID);
-		dbus_g_proxy_connect_signal(nm_proxy, "StateChange",
+		dbus_g_proxy_add_signal(nm_proxy, "StateChanged", G_TYPE_UINT, G_TYPE_INVALID);
+		dbus_g_proxy_connect_signal(nm_proxy, "StateChanged",
 		                            G_CALLBACK(nm_state_change_cb), NULL, NULL);
 
 		dbus_proxy = dbus_g_proxy_new_for_name(nm_conn,