diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index b2d7c04273..5543aba7e5 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,13 @@
+2005-12-06  Dan Williams  <dcbw@redhat.com>
+
+	Slackware patches from Paul Blazejowski <paulb@blazebox.homeip.net>
+	* initscript/Slackware/rc.networkmanager
+		- Cosmetic fix
+
+	* src/backends/NetworkManagerSlackware.c
+		- Kill dhcpcd when starting so that dhclient can bind to DHCP on
+			interfaces
+
 2005-12-05  Robert Love  <rml@novell.com>
 
 	* src/NetworkManager.c: don't call nm_data_free() when there is nothing
diff --git a/initscript/Slackware/rc.networkmanager b/initscript/Slackware/rc.networkmanager
index 6f89385386..e00a42efbb 100755
--- a/initscript/Slackware/rc.networkmanager
+++ b/initscript/Slackware/rc.networkmanager
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ RETVAL=0
 
 start()
 {
-	if [ "`pgrep dbus-daemon-1`" = "" ]; then
+	if [ "`pgrep dbus-daemon`" = "" ]; then
 		echo -n "D-BUS must be running to start NetworkManager"
 		exit 1
 	fi
diff --git a/src/backends/NetworkManagerSlackware.c b/src/backends/NetworkManagerSlackware.c
index e45802d991..2a3ee7c78f 100644
--- a/src/backends/NetworkManagerSlackware.c
+++ b/src/backends/NetworkManagerSlackware.c
@@ -188,6 +188,7 @@ void nm_system_delete_default_route (void)
  */
 void nm_system_kill_all_dhcp_daemons (void)
 {
+	nm_spawn_process ("/bin/killall -q dhcpcd");
 }