package gconf2-common 3.2.5-0ubuntu4 failed to install/upgrade: cannot compute MD5 hash for file '/etc/X11/Xsession.d/70gconfd_path-on-session': failed to read (Input/output error)

[Karen Cunningham]

Every time I go to install something, it either fails, or SAYS it's failed. Sometimes it does install, but I don't think it's normal to say that it failed whenever it didn't.

ProblemType: Package
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 12.10
Package: gconf2-common 3.2.5-0ubuntu4
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.2.0-41.66-generic-pae 3.2.42
Uname: Linux 3.2.0-41-generic-pae i686
NonfreeKernelModules: wl
ApportVersion: 2.6.1-0ubuntu10
Architecture: i386
Date: Mon May 13 10:44:48 2013
ErrorMessage: cannot compute MD5 hash for file '/etc/X11/Xsession.d/70gconfd_path-on-session': failed to read (Input/output error)
InstallationDate: Installed on 2012-11-22 (172 days ago)
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 12.04.1 LTS "Precise Pangolin" - Release i386 (20120817.3)
MarkForUpload: True
PackageArchitecture: all
SourcePackage: gconf
Title: package gconf2-common 3.2.5-0ubuntu4 failed to install/upgrade: cannot compute MD5 hash for file '/etc/X11/Xsession.d/70gconfd_path-on-session': failed to read (Input/output error)
UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to quantal on 2013-05-04 (9 days ago)

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