E:Read error - read (5: Input/output error), E:The package lists or status file could not be parsed or opened.

[Darshan]

Operating System:

No LSB modules are available.
Distributor ID: Ubuntu
Description: Ubuntu 12.04.2 LTS
Release: 12.04
Codename: precise

update manager gives bellow error and crashs

Could not initialize the package information

An unresolvable problem occurred while initializing the package information.

E:Read error - read (5: Input/output error), E:The package lists or status file could not be parsed or opened.

[Brian Murray (brian-murray)]

Thank you for taking the time to report this bug and helping to make Ubuntu better. Please execute the following command, as it will automatically gather debugging information, in a terminal:

  apport-collect 1164335

When reporting bugs in the future please use apport by using 'ubuntu-bug' and the name of the package affected. You can learn more about this functionality at https://wiki.ubuntu.com/ReportingBugs.

[Launchpad Janitor (janitor)]

[Expired for update-manager (Ubuntu) because there has been no activity for 60 days.]

[Jackson Doak (noskcaj)]

If anyone can confirm this still happens and then run apport-collect 1164335 we can re-open the bug

[Joel Friesen (phriesen)]

Hi. My computer gives me the exact error message... help?

[Joel Friesen (phriesen)]

I am using 12.04.