Libc6 MAJOR problem

[Chris102]

Hello,

Recently I got an error to do with libc6 when trying to install ovd-session-manager
, so I googled the error and went through a list of websites trying to solve the error. I tried loads of commands as root to try fix this error, but I have done something seriously wrong to libc instead of fixing anything... ssh will no longer work becuase of libc6, I have webmin installed and is my current only way of accessing my server. No commands will work, ssh is broke and nothing will install.

Now updating libc6 ..

      Installing package(s) with command apt-get -y install libc6 ..

      dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of libpam0g:
       libpam0g depends on libc6 (>= 2.8~20080505); however:
        Version of libc6 on system is 2.3.6.ds1-13etch7.
      dpkg: error processing libpam0g (--configure):
       dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
      dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of libpam-modules:
       libpam-modules depends on libc6 (>= 2.8~20080505); however:
        Version of libc6 on system is 2.3.6.ds1-13etch7.
       libpam-modules depends on libdb4.7; however:
        Package libdb4.7 is not installed.
       libpam-modules depends on libpam0g (>= 0.99.7.1); however:
        Package libpam0g is not configured yet.
       libpam-modules depends on libselinux1 (>= 2.0.59); however:
        Version of libselinux1 on system is 1.32-3.
      dpkg: error processing libpam-modules (--configure):
       dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
      Setting up libpam-runtime (1.0.1-4ubuntu5.6) ...
      Undefined subroutine &main::x_loadtemplatefile called at /usr/sbin/pam-auth-update line 100.
      dpkg: error processing libpam-runtime (--configure):
       subprocess post-installation script returned error exit status 9
      Errors were encountered while processing:
       libpam0g
       libpam-modules
       libpam-runtime
      Reading package lists...
      Building dependency tree...
      You might want to run `apt-get -f install' to correct these:
      The following packages have unmet dependencies:
        libc6: Depends: findutils (>= 4.4.0-2ubuntu2) but 4.2.28-1etch1 is to be installed
               Conflicts: tzdata-etch
        libc6-i686: PreDepends: libc6 (= 2.3.6.ds1-13etch7) but 2.8~20080505-0ubuntu9 is to be installed
        libpam-modules: Depends: libdb4.7 but it is not going to be installed
                        Depends: libselinux1 (>= 2.0.59) but 1.32-3 is to be installed
        locales: Depends: glibc-2.3.6.ds1-1
      E: Unmet dependencies. Try 'apt-get -f install' with no packages (or specify a solution).

I get this error for installing Libc, and its very similar on installing any other packages.

Im not 100% sure what I have done...

Heres error for trying to install something random:

Installing package(s) with command apt-get -y install ftp ..

dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of libpam0g:
 libpam0g depends on libc6 (>= 2.8~20080505); however:
  Version of libc6 on system is 2.3.6.ds1-13etch7.
dpkg: error processing libpam0g (--configure):
 dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of libpam-modules:
 libpam-modules depends on libc6 (>= 2.8~20080505); however:
  Version of libc6 on system is 2.3.6.ds1-13etch7.
 libpam-modules depends on libdb4.7; however:
  Package libdb4.7 is not installed.
 libpam-modules depends on libpam0g (>= 0.99.7.1); however:
  Package libpam0g is not configured yet.
 libpam-modules depends on libselinux1 (>= 2.0.59); however:
  Version of libselinux1 on system is 1.32-3.
dpkg: error processing libpam-modules (--configure):
 dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
Setting up libpam-runtime (1.0.1-4ubuntu5.6) ...
Undefined subroutine &main::x_loadtemplatefile called at /usr/sbin/pam-auth-update line 100.
dpkg: error processing libpam-runtime (--configure):
 subprocess post-installation script returned error exit status 9
Errors were encountered while processing:
 libpam0g
 libpam-modules
 libpam-runtime
Reading package lists...
Building dependency tree...
You might want to run `apt-get -f install' to correct these:
The following packages have unmet dependencies:
  ftp: Depends: libc6 (>= 2.4) but 2.3.6.ds1-13etch7 is to be installed
       Depends: libncurses5 (>= 5.6+20071006-3) but 5.5-5 is to be installed
  libpam-modules: Depends: libc6 (>= 2.8~20080505) but 2.3.6.ds1-13etch7 is to be installed
                  Depends: libdb4.7 but it is not going to be installed
                  Depends: libselinux1 (>= 2.0.59) but 1.32-3 is to be installed
  libpam0g: Depends: libc6 (>= 2.8~20080505) but 2.3.6.ds1-13etch7 is to be installed
E: Unmet dependencies. Try 'apt-get -f install' with no packages (or specify a solution).

And its like that for any apt-get install.

Heres error for starting ssh server

> /etc/init.d/ssh start
su: /lib/tls/i686/cmov/libc.so.6: version `GLIBC_2.4' not found (required by /lib/libpam.so.0)
su: /lib/tls/i686/cmov/libc.so.6: version `GLIBC_2.8' not found (required by /lib/libpam.so.0)
su: /lib/tls/i686/cmov/libc.so.6: version `GLIBC_2.4' not found (required by /lib/libpam_misc.so.0)
su: /lib/tls/i686/cmov/libc.so.6: version `GLIBC_2.8' not found (required by /lib/libpam_misc.so.0)

And apt-get install GLIBC_2.4

> apt-get GLIBC_2.4
su: /lib/tls/i686/cmov/libc.so.6: version `GLIBC_2.4' not found (required by /lib/libpam.so.0)
su: /lib/tls/i686/cmov/libc.so.6: version `GLIBC_2.8' not found (required by /lib/libpam.so.0)
su: /lib/tls/i686/cmov/libc.so.6: version `GLIBC_2.4' not found (required by /lib/libpam_misc.so.0)
su: /lib/tls/i686/cmov/libc.so.6: version `GLIBC_2.8' not found (required by /lib/libpam_misc.so.0)

I have no idea what command I have done to mess libc up, and have no idea how to fix it.

Could somebody please help? Or maybe post some ideas on what I have done please?

Thanks,
Chris.

[mrrangerman]

Have you tried to run the solution given by the errors?

      Errors were encountered while processing:
       libpam0g
       libpam-modules
       libpam-runtime
      Reading package lists...
      Building dependency tree...
      You might want to run `apt-get -f install' to correct these:
      The following packages have unmet dependencies:
        libc6: Depends: findutils (>= 4.4.0-2ubuntu2) but 4.2.28-1etch1 is to be installed
               Conflicts: tzdata-etch
        libc6-i686: PreDepends: libc6 (= 2.3.6.ds1-13etch7) but 2.8~20080505-0ubuntu9 is to be installed
        libpam-modules: Depends: libdb4.7 but it is not going to be installed
                        Depends: libselinux1 (>= 2.0.59) but 1.32-3 is to be installed
        locales: Depends: glibc-2.3.6.ds1-1
      E: Unmet dependencies. Try 'apt-get -f install' with no packages (or specify a solution).

[coopstah13]

it looks like you installed some old libraries that are wreaking havoc on your system that came from debian etch, this is a no no, especially when talking about libc6 which is very important to a systme