iotop crashed with OSError in recv()

[keepitsimpleengr]

Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/usr/bin/iotop", line 16, in <module>
    main()
  File "/usr/lib/pymodules/python2.6/iotop/ui.py", line 547, in main
    main_loop()
  File "/usr/lib/pymodules/python2.6/iotop/ui.py", line 537, in <lambda>
    main_loop = lambda: run_iotop(options)
  File "/usr/lib/pymodules/python2.6/iotop/ui.py", line 452, in run_iotop
    return curses.wrapper(run_iotop_window, options)
  File "/usr/lib/python2.6/curses/wrapper.py", line 43, in wrapper
    return func(stdscr, *args, **kwds)
  File "/usr/lib/pymodules/python2.6/iotop/ui.py", line 444, in run_iotop_window
    process_list = ProcessList(taskstats_connection, options)
  File "/usr/lib/pymodules/python2.6/iotop/data.py", line 348, in __init__
    self.update_process_counts()
  File "/usr/lib/pymodules/python2.6/iotop/data.py", line 404, in update_process_counts
    stats = self.taskstats_connection.get_single_task_stats(thread)
  File "/usr/lib/pymodules/python2.6/iotop/data.py", line 135, in get_single_task_stats
    reply = self.connection.recv()
  File "/usr/lib/pymodules/python2.6/iotop/netlink.py", line 229, in recv
    raise err
OSError: Netlink error: Operation not permitted (1)

ProblemType: Crash
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 10.10
Package: iotop 0.4-2
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.35-30.61-generic 2.6.35.13
Uname: Linux 2.6.35-30-generic x86_64
NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia
Architecture: amd64
Date: Wed Oct 26 11:05:05 2011
ExecutablePath: /usr/bin/iotop
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 10.04 LTS "Lucid Lynx" - Release amd64 (20100429)
InterpreterPath: /usr/bin/python2.6
PackageArchitecture: all
ProcCmdline: /usr/bin/python /usr/bin/iotop
ProcEnviron:
 SHELL=/bin/bash
 LANG=en_US.utf8
PythonArgs: ['/usr/bin/iotop']
SourcePackage: iotop
Title: iotop crashed with OSError in recv()
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[Launchpad Janitor (janitor)]

Status changed to 'Confirmed' because the bug affects multiple users.