Not a glibc issue, and confirmed locally that a glibc upgrade works fine for me. So, likely a local issue with upstart configs on the affected machines.
** Changed in: eglibc (Ubuntu) Status: Confirmed => Invalid -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1269405 Title: Kernel Panic when 'telinit u', or (re)installing packages To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/eglibc/+bug/1269405/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs