package grub-common 2.02~beta2-9ubuntu1.2 failed to install/upgrade: unable to change ownership of target file '/etc/pm/sleep.d/10_grub-common.dpkg-new': Read-only file system

[Alain Mathis]

fail to install.

ProblemType: Package
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 14.04
Package: grub-common 2.02~beta2-9ubuntu1.2
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.13.0-53.89-generic 3.13.11-ckt19
Uname: Linux 3.13.0-53-generic i686
ApportVersion: 2.14.1-0ubuntu3.11
Architecture: i386
Date: Tue Jun 16 12:10:53 2015
DuplicateSignature: package:grub-common:2.02~beta2-9ubuntu1.2:unable to change ownership of target file '/etc/pm/sleep.d/10_grub-common.dpkg-new': Read-only file system
ErrorMessage: unable to change ownership of target file '/etc/pm/sleep.d/10_grub-common.dpkg-new': Read-only file system
InstallationDate: Installed on 2014-12-06 (191 days ago)
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 12.04 LTS "Precise Pangolin" - Release i386 (20120423)
ProcCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-3.13.0-53-generic root=UUID=43ff3ab4-eede-4da8-aed2-c00389e7eb48 ro quiet splash vt.handoff=7
SourcePackage: grub2
Title: package grub-common 2.02~beta2-9ubuntu1.2 failed to install/upgrade: unable to change ownership of target file '/etc/pm/sleep.d/10_grub-common.dpkg-new': Read-only file system
UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to trusty on 2015-04-22 (55 days ago)

[Phillip Susi (psusi)]

Most likely your hard disk is failing, though it could possibly be a corrupt filesystem. You will need to check your syslog for more detailed error messages and should check the SMART health of the drive in the disks utility. If it is failing, you will need to replace it.