Networkmanager is not running...

I was upgrading to 9.10 when I restarted my computer... When I got back on it's only partially installed . The Internet isn't working and the network manager says "networkmanager is not running..." so now I can't finish the upgrade. When I type nm-applet into terminal it says that network manager is already taken. Error 1387. Note: I have a wired connection.

That sounds... inconvenient.
Have you tried configuring the interface via /etc/network/interfaces?

all it says is

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auto lo
iface lo inet loopback

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i want the interface eth1 to work (i think)

That's what the file would look like for normal Network Manager-ed system. No guarantees for success, but using your preferred editor, either

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sudo nano /etc/network/interfaces

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or

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gksudo gedit /etc/network/interfaces

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and add the following:

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auto eth1
iface eth1 inet dhcp

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Save the file and reboot - hope for the best!

Ahh it didnt work! this is so annoying! is there anyway i could update the system while its offline through usb or something? I have a ubuntu laptop could i bring files from there to my desktop?

There is a setting in the source (in my Jaunty network-manager) that does not agree with the /etc/init.d/NetworkManager startup script.

My loaded version is network-manager_0.7.1~rc4.1.cf199a964-0ubuntu2.deb

NetworkManager.c, line 55 reads:

#define NM_DEFAULT_PID_FILE LOCALSTATEDIR"/run/NetworkManager.pid"

That puts the NetworkManager.pid file in /var/run

/etc/init.d/NetworkManager, line 28 reads

PIDDIR=${localstatedir}/run/NetworkManager

That puts the NetworkManager.pid file in /var/run/NetworkManager

To fix replace line 28 in /etc/init.d/NetworkManager with:

PIDDIR=${localstatedir}/run

Now it starts for me because the package can find the .pid file

Hope it works for you.