network manager has gone crazy

[Bruno Wolff III]

On Sat, Nov 10, 2012 at 17:05:49 +0100,
   lee <lee at yun.yagibdah.de> wrote:
>
>Why is the network manager going crazy and doesn't stick with the
>information I'm giving it, and how do I fix this?  Name resolution going
>down because /etc/resolv.conf keeps getting overwritten causes very
>annoying interruptions.

Do you have a wireless interface? Setting up a wireless connection can 
modify /etc/resolv.conf.

>I know I could disable network manager, but that isn't really a
>solution.  I need it solved before I go to sleep, though.

Why not? If you aren't using wireless networks, the network service should 
be easy to use as a replacement.