fc9: bind weirdness

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FC9 with latest updates

I've configured bind with all the defaults and modified bind.conf to
answer questions on all interfaces to all clients.

But weird stuff is happening.

bind/named starts properly on boot.
But it refuses to resolve for any hosts other than localhost.

The config file however shows it should resolve for anyone.

But if I log-in and restart bind (# service named restart) it will
suddenly start resolving for anyone.

Thoughts? It's killing me, and I can't see any reason it would work
properly after a restart and not at regular boot.

TIA
-Greg