diff -up NetworkManager-0.7.0/src/named-manager/nm-named-manager.c.explain-dns1-dns2 NetworkManager-0.7.0/src/named-manager/nm-named-manager.c
--- NetworkManager-0.7.0/src/named-manager/nm-named-manager.c.explain-dns1-dns2	2008-05-30 14:39:45.000000000 -0400
+++ NetworkManager-0.7.0/src/named-manager/nm-named-manager.c	2008-06-11 08:54:34.000000000 -0400
@@ -268,6 +268,18 @@ rewrite_resolv_conf (NMNamedManager *mgr
 
 	/* Using glibc resolver */
 	nameservers = compute_nameservers (composite);
+
+	if (!nameservers || !strlen (nameservers)) {
+		g_free (nameservers);
+		nameservers = g_strdup_printf ("\n\n%s%s%s%s%s%s",
+		                               "# No nameservers found; try putting DNS servers into your\n",
+		                               "# ifcfg files in /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts like so:\n",
+		                               "#\n",
+		                               "# DNS1=xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx\n",
+		                               "# DNS2=xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx\n",
+		                               "# SEARCH=lab.foo.com bar.foo.com\n");
+	}
+
 	if (fprintf (f, "%s%s%s\n",
 	             domain ? domain : "",
 	             searches ? searches : "",