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Bug#184036: libc6: xscreensaver can no longer authenticate me



On Sun, 2003-03-09 at 01:55, GOTO Masanori wrote:

> The point is that "no longer authenticate me" is really caused by
> glibc.  Which versions do you upgrade from? 

The one that was in testing until last night (2.2.5-14.3). 

> I guess you also upgrade
> many packages at the same time including X11.

Nope, no X11 updates. There were other packages, but they aren't related
to xscreensaver.

> Please consolidate
> whether it's glibc problem or not.

Considering all the other sudden authentication failure bugs caused by
the glibc 2.2 -> 2.3 transition, it seems quite probable.

Everything that does authentication needs to be restarted after the
glibc upgrade, correct?

> It may be useful to send your
> upgraded package list.

I'll attach  zdiff -dbU6 /var/backups/dpkg.status.1.gz
/var/lib/dpkg/status

> At least I downgrade this bug from grave to important because you might
> be able to login your machine via network.

Various other "failed to restart X" bugs have all been critical, so
grave didn't seem all that far off.

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