[CentOS] Odd NM problem [low priority]

[Fred Smith]

Gah. I can't type. the subject should be "odd", not "off".

On Tue, Feb 11, 2014 at 09:42:20PM -0500, Fred Smith wrote:
> On Mon, Jan 27, 2014 at 10:13:32AM +0000, Liam O'Toole wrote:
> > On 2014-01-25, Fred Smith <fredex at fcshome.stoneham.ma.us> wrote:
> > > On Centos 6.5, I use NM to bring up the VPN to my office, and to disconnect
> > > from it.
> > >
> > > every now and then I screw up and disconnect the LAN itself instead of
> > > the VPN.
> > >
> > > once I do that, even after reconnecting to the LAN I'm hosed.
> > >
> > > /etc/resolv.conf hasn't been put back to the non-VPN version, so I manually
> > > fix that.
> > >
> > > but even then I can't get any name resolution. 
> > >
> > > I'm sure that rebooting IS NOT the right answer, but it's the only one
> > > I've come up with that solves the problem.
> > >
> > > What should I be doing instead, once the system is in this state?
> > >
> > > thanks!
> > >
> > 
> > Try doing (as root)
> > 
> > 	service NetworkManager restart
> > 
> > to restore NM to its intial state. Not an ideal solution (assuming it
> > works), but better than a full reboot.
> > 
> 
> better late than never: Thanks Liam, but that doesn't work. 
> 
> I know it's my fault for hitting the wrong disconnect item on the 
> NM menu, but it'd sure be nice to have a less drastic method of
> recovery.
> 
> I'm open to further suggestions.
> 
> Fred
> 
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