> My box has both libc5 and libc6 installed. I just made a mistake and > downgraded ldso_1.9.2-2 to ldso_1.8.10-2.1. Now I don't seem to be able > to run any commands - certainly not dpkg at any rate. So I am between a > rock and a hard place, as the saying goes. > > I have another two debian boxes here so I can access ldso_1.9.2-3 and I > can run a rescue disk, but I don't know how to fix it by hand. Once I > reboot I lose my net connection until it is fixed, so I would appreciate > some expert help.
I've been in this situation too, and now (months aferwords) I realise that probably the way to fix this is by typing: cd /lib echo ld* Now you will see a list of ld* files. On my (working) system, I have /lib# ls ld* ld-2.0.4.so* ld-linux.so.1.9.2* ld.so* ld-linux.so.1@ ld-linux.so.2@ I believe you will mis at least two symlinks here, but I'm not sure which ones any more. Then, type /lib# cat ld-linux.so.1.9.2 > ld-linux.so.1 or /lib# cat ld-2.0.4.so > ld-linux.so.2 (replacing ld-linux.so.1 or ld-linux.so.2 by whatever links you are missing, possibly ld.so). After that, I *think* you've got a wroking system again. Please, Please, tell me if this worked! -- joost witteveen, [EMAIL PROTECTED] #!/usr/bin/perl -sp0777i<X+d*lMLa^*lN%0]dsXx++lMlN/dsM0<j]dsj $/=unpack('H*',$_);$_=`echo 16dio\U$k"SK$/SM$n\EsN0p[lN*1 lK[d2%Sa2/d0$^Ixp"|dc`;s/\W//g;$_=pack('H*',/((..)*)$/) #what's this? see http://www.dcs.ex.ac.uk/~aba/rsa/ -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .