Template: glibc/upgrade Type: boolean Default: true _Description: Do you want to upgrade glibc now? Running services and programs that are using NSS need to be restarted, otherwise they might not be able to do lookup or authentication any more. The installation process is able to restart some services (such as ssh or telnetd), but other programs cannot be restarted automatically. One such program that needs manual stopping and restart after the glibc upgrade by yourself is xdm - because automatic restart might disconnect your active X11 sessions. . This script detected the following installed services which must be stopped before the upgrade: ${services} . If you want to interrupt the upgrade now and continue later, please answer No to the question below. Template: glibc/restart-services Type: string _Description: Services to restart for GNU libc library upgrade: Running services and programs that are using NSS need to be restarted, otherwise they might not be able to do lookup or authentication any more (for services such as ssh, this can affect your ability to login). Please review the following space-separated list of init.d scripts for services to be restarted now, and correct it if needed. . Note: restarting sshd/telnetd should not affect any existing connections. Template: glibc/restart-failed Type: error #flag:translate!:3 _Description: Failure restarting some services for GNU libc upgrade The following services could not be restarted for the GNU libc library upgrade: . ${services} . You will need to start these manually by running '/etc/init.d/ start'. Template: glibc/disable-screensaver Type: error _Description: xscreensaver and xlockmore must be restarted before upgrading One or more running instances of xscreensaver or xlockmore have been detected on this system. Because of incompatible library changes, the upgrade of the GNU libc library will leave you unable to authenticate to these programs. You should arrange for these programs to be restarted or stopped before continuing this upgrade, to avoid locking your users out of their current sessions.