Re: [cobalt-users] [qube3] big big problem :(( libc.so.6

["E.B. Dreger" <eddy+public+spam@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

AC> Date: Fri, 2 May 2003 03:23:41 +0200
AC> From: Andreas Cahen


AC> I have a big big problem since a few hours I get this error
AC> when I try to connect my qube3 through SSH.. I have already
AC> been on the support pages of sun but I didn't find any useful
AC> help for this..
AC>
AC> 	Last login: Fri May 02 2003 02:49:24 +0200 from kafka
AC> 	You have new mail.
AC> 	-csh: /lib/ld-linux.so.2: version `GLIBC_2.2.3' not found
AC> (required by /lib/libc.so.6)
AC> 	-csh: /lib/ld-linux.so.2: version `GLIBC_2.2' not found
AC> (required by /lib/libc.so.6)
AC>
AC> Can anybody give me some advices on this? Or do I have to
AC> restore the OS on my qube3?

Looks like a botched glibc upgrade.  This can be very painful on
a Linux system, because even basic system management binaries
require libc. :-(

Your best bet is to:

* Put the HDD in another Linux system
* Mount the root partition
* Copy working glibc libraries and the dynamic linker
  (ld-linux.so.2 is the dynamic linker)
* Create the needed symlinks.

Hopefully then you'll be able to boot just enough (consider
single-user mode) to mount all partitions and run 'ldconfig'.


AC> If the restore is the only way to go... Do I lose everything
AC> on it (Userdata, MySQL Databases etc.)?

Mount the drive on another system and perform voodoo as stated
above.  It can be fixed.


AC> I already managed to backup some files through AppleTalk, but
AC> Samba is dead :( FTP is also dead.. And Telnet is down.. And
AC> no chance to get it up through the admin interface.. :(

You need a "life support" system.  GNU/Linux stinks like that, as
I've ranted so many times... :-(


Eddy
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