problem with provider/local dns

I manually killed all bitmask processes (dash 9), I forgot why. Result is that I still had in my /etc/resolv.conf:

nameserver 10.42.0.1

So far everything expected. When I now launch the bitmask client (bundle 0.3.7, ubuntu 13.10) I get in the client underneath the Login:

'Unable to connect: Problem with provider'

I see 2 possible issues:

• it tries to connect with the last used provider before the user interacted with the client in any way. One might switch locations, cross borders or be in a different situation and as such might want to change the provider it wants to connect to before any traffic is sent over the wire
• the other issue I have with this is the wording: is the problem really with the provider if my dns or resolver isn't functional? Would it make sense to change the wording to help the user find the reason?

(from redmine: created on 2013-11-24, closed on 2014-07-10, relates #4023 (closed), relates #4633 (closed), relates #5322 (closed))