> I dit an apt-get remove and apt-get install of libc6, still not working.
the following thing worked for me (tk told me the whole thing on #debian): --- <tk> I downgraded the libc in the following order: libdb2_2.4.14-2.7.7.1.c.deb, libc6*.deb locales_2.1.3-13_i386.deb, all the files need to be downloaded locally. If apt/dpkg complains about ldconfig, you need to download ldso_1.9.11-9.deb, do dpkg -x ldso*.deb foo && cp foo/sbin/ldconfig.new /sbin/ and retry --- Install the downloaded .deb files with dpkg -i you should be able to find most of files on ftp://security.debian.org/debian-security/dists/potato/updates/main/ otherwise search in potato. hope this helps! cya Joel