Locking them in Synaptic will only effect upgrades done through Synaptic. Pinning the versions will prevent any of the utilities from seeing the updates.
After you backlevel the following packages to the 9 release, create a new file called '/etc/apt/preferences' which contains everything between the following dotted lines: ------------------------------------------------------- Package: libc6 Pin: release Pin-Priority: 999 Package: libc6-dev Pin: release Pin-Priority: 999 Package: libc6-dev-i386 Pin: release Pin-Priority: 999 Package: libc6-i386 Pin: release Pin-Priority: 999 ----------------------------------------- When a fix for the issue is released, simply delete or rename /etc/apt/preferences. -- [karmic] Xorg (and anything GLX) crashes on startup https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/429003 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs