Network Manager Strikes Again!!!!

[Paul Howarth]

jim lawrence wrote:
> When NM is running 
> 
> 
> ; generated by NetworkManager, do not edit!
> ; Use a local caching nameserver controlled by NetworkManager
> 
> nameserver 127.0.0.1

(snip)

> When Not Running  
> 
> ; generated by /sbin/dhclient-script
> search rochester.rr.com
> nameserver 24.93.1.120
> nameserver 24.93.1.247
> nameserver 24.93.1.118

Right, so NetworkManager is trying to run bind (a nameserver) on your 
machine, but that's not working. Try "chkconfig named on" and "service 
named start" (I'm assuming you have the bind and caching-nameserver 
packages installed) and see if things improve.

Paul.