Fazed Out
September 4th, 2010, 04:52 AM
After just installing for the first time and updating, everything seemed ok. I could install normally using package delivery. The next day, I get the following error when launching Ubuntu Software Center, Synaptic, or anything that launches package delivery:
Could not initialize the package information
An unresolvable problem occurred while initializing the package information.
Please report this bug against the 'update-manager' package and include the following error message:
'E:Read error - read (5: Input/output error), E:The package lists or status file could not be parsed or opened.'
It says there's a massive failure in the package delivery system, and based off of previous answers I needed to make sure a certain path existed.
/var/lib/apt/lists/partial already exists, so I tried:
sudo dpkg --configure -a
sudo aptitude update
based off of what I found in searches.
However, at the aptitude update I get this:
loginname@computername:~$ sudo mkdir /var/lib/apt/lists/partial
[sudo] password for loginname:
mkdir: cannot create directory `/var/lib/apt/lists/partial': File exists
loginname@computername:~$ sudo dpkg --configure -a
loginname@computername:~$ sudo aptitude update
E: Read error - read (5: Input/output error)
E: The package lists or status file could not be parsed or opened.
E: Read error - read (5: Input/output error)
E: The package lists or status file could not be parsed or opened.
Hit http://archive.canonical.com lucid Release.gpg
Ign http://archive.canonical.com/ubuntu/ lucid/partner Translation-en_US
Get:1 http://security.ubuntu.com lucid-security Release.gpg [189B]
Ign http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ lucid-security/main Translation-en_US
Hit http://us.archive.ubuntu.com lucid Release.gpg
Ign http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ lucid/main Translation-en_US
Get:2 http://dl.google.com stable Release.gpg [189B]
Hit http://archive.canonical.com lucid Release
Ign http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ lucid/restricted Translation-en_US
Ign http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ lucid/universe Translation-en_US
Ign http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ lucid/multiverse Translation-en_US
Get:3 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com lucid-updates Release.gpg [189B]
Ign http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ lucid-updates/main Translation-en_US
Ign http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ lucid-updates/restricted Translation-en_US
Ign http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ lucid-updates/universe Translation-en_US
Ign http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ lucid-updates/multiverse Translation-en_US
Hit http://us.archive.ubuntu.com lucid Release
Ign http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ lucid-security/restricted Translation-en_US
Ign http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ lucid-security/universe Translation-en_US
Ign http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ lucid-security/multiverse Translation-en_US
Get:4 http://security.ubuntu.com lucid-security Release [38.5kB]
Ign http://dl.google.com/linux/deb/ stable/main Translation-en_US
Get:5 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com lucid-updates Release [44.7kB]
Get:6 http://dl.google.com stable Release [2,544B]
Hit http://archive.canonical.com lucid/partner Packages
Get:7 http://dl.google.com stable/main Packages [1,076B]
Get:8 http://security.ubuntu.com lucid-security/main Packages [67.5kB]
Hit http://us.archive.ubuntu.com lucid/main Packages
Hit http://us.archive.ubuntu.com lucid/restricted Packages
Hit http://us.archive.ubuntu.com lucid/main Sources
Hit http://us.archive.ubuntu.com lucid/restricted Sources
Hit http://us.archive.ubuntu.com lucid/universe Packages
Hit http://us.archive.ubuntu.com lucid/universe Sources
Hit http://us.archive.ubuntu.com lucid/multiverse Packages
Hit http://us.archive.ubuntu.com lucid/multiverse Sources
Get:9 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com lucid-updates/main Packages [294kB]
Get:10 http://security.ubuntu.com lucid-security/restricted Packages [14B]
Get:11 http://security.ubuntu.com lucid-security/main Sources [22.0kB]
Get:12 http://security.ubuntu.com lucid-security/restricted Sources [14B]
Get:13 http://security.ubuntu.com lucid-security/universe Packages [33.6kB]
Get:14 http://security.ubuntu.com lucid-security/universe Sources [7,304B]
Get:15 http://security.ubuntu.com lucid-security/multiverse Packages [1,998B]
Get:16 http://security.ubuntu.com lucid-security/multiverse Sources [573B]
Get:17 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com lucid-updates/restricted Packages [3,252B]
Get:18 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com lucid-updates/main Sources [106kB]
Get:19 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com lucid-updates/restricted Sources [1,292B]
Get:20 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com lucid-updates/universe Packages [108kB]
Get:21 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com lucid-updates/universe Sources [37.0kB]
Get:22 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com lucid-updates/multiverse Packages [3,771B]
Get:23 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com lucid-updates/multiverse Sources [1,508B]
Fetched 775kB in 3s (219kB/s)
Reading package lists... Error!
E: Read error - read (5: Input/output error)
E: The package lists or status file could not be parsed or opened.
E: Couldn't rebuild package cache
E: Read error - read (5: Input/output error)
E: The package lists or status file could not be parsed or opened.
E: Read error - read (5: Input/output error)
E: The package lists or status file could not be parsed or opened.
After messing around with it and randomly doing things google turned up that I didn't truly understand (I'm new to ubuntu) I figured I would be doing more harm than good. So I reinstalled Ubuntu completely, and it worked/updated until the next day when I got the exact error again.
Whenever I launch synaptic, it takes forever to load, and greys out quite often. Then it finally turns up the error.
The etc/apt/sources.list file it seems to refer to exists, though I'm not sure how to check it for problems if that is actually the source.
Has this been encountered before? Are there any insights to the cause I should look at, or general fixes to perform?
Could not initialize the package information
An unresolvable problem occurred while initializing the package information.
Please report this bug against the 'update-manager' package and include the following error message:
'E:Read error - read (5: Input/output error), E:The package lists or status file could not be parsed or opened.'
It says there's a massive failure in the package delivery system, and based off of previous answers I needed to make sure a certain path existed.
/var/lib/apt/lists/partial already exists, so I tried:
sudo dpkg --configure -a
sudo aptitude update
based off of what I found in searches.
However, at the aptitude update I get this:
loginname@computername:~$ sudo mkdir /var/lib/apt/lists/partial
[sudo] password for loginname:
mkdir: cannot create directory `/var/lib/apt/lists/partial': File exists
loginname@computername:~$ sudo dpkg --configure -a
loginname@computername:~$ sudo aptitude update
E: Read error - read (5: Input/output error)
E: The package lists or status file could not be parsed or opened.
E: Read error - read (5: Input/output error)
E: The package lists or status file could not be parsed or opened.
Hit http://archive.canonical.com lucid Release.gpg
Ign http://archive.canonical.com/ubuntu/ lucid/partner Translation-en_US
Get:1 http://security.ubuntu.com lucid-security Release.gpg [189B]
Ign http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ lucid-security/main Translation-en_US
Hit http://us.archive.ubuntu.com lucid Release.gpg
Ign http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ lucid/main Translation-en_US
Get:2 http://dl.google.com stable Release.gpg [189B]
Hit http://archive.canonical.com lucid Release
Ign http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ lucid/restricted Translation-en_US
Ign http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ lucid/universe Translation-en_US
Ign http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ lucid/multiverse Translation-en_US
Get:3 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com lucid-updates Release.gpg [189B]
Ign http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ lucid-updates/main Translation-en_US
Ign http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ lucid-updates/restricted Translation-en_US
Ign http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ lucid-updates/universe Translation-en_US
Ign http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ lucid-updates/multiverse Translation-en_US
Hit http://us.archive.ubuntu.com lucid Release
Ign http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ lucid-security/restricted Translation-en_US
Ign http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ lucid-security/universe Translation-en_US
Ign http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ lucid-security/multiverse Translation-en_US
Get:4 http://security.ubuntu.com lucid-security Release [38.5kB]
Ign http://dl.google.com/linux/deb/ stable/main Translation-en_US
Get:5 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com lucid-updates Release [44.7kB]
Get:6 http://dl.google.com stable Release [2,544B]
Hit http://archive.canonical.com lucid/partner Packages
Get:7 http://dl.google.com stable/main Packages [1,076B]
Get:8 http://security.ubuntu.com lucid-security/main Packages [67.5kB]
Hit http://us.archive.ubuntu.com lucid/main Packages
Hit http://us.archive.ubuntu.com lucid/restricted Packages
Hit http://us.archive.ubuntu.com lucid/main Sources
Hit http://us.archive.ubuntu.com lucid/restricted Sources
Hit http://us.archive.ubuntu.com lucid/universe Packages
Hit http://us.archive.ubuntu.com lucid/universe Sources
Hit http://us.archive.ubuntu.com lucid/multiverse Packages
Hit http://us.archive.ubuntu.com lucid/multiverse Sources
Get:9 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com lucid-updates/main Packages [294kB]
Get:10 http://security.ubuntu.com lucid-security/restricted Packages [14B]
Get:11 http://security.ubuntu.com lucid-security/main Sources [22.0kB]
Get:12 http://security.ubuntu.com lucid-security/restricted Sources [14B]
Get:13 http://security.ubuntu.com lucid-security/universe Packages [33.6kB]
Get:14 http://security.ubuntu.com lucid-security/universe Sources [7,304B]
Get:15 http://security.ubuntu.com lucid-security/multiverse Packages [1,998B]
Get:16 http://security.ubuntu.com lucid-security/multiverse Sources [573B]
Get:17 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com lucid-updates/restricted Packages [3,252B]
Get:18 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com lucid-updates/main Sources [106kB]
Get:19 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com lucid-updates/restricted Sources [1,292B]
Get:20 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com lucid-updates/universe Packages [108kB]
Get:21 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com lucid-updates/universe Sources [37.0kB]
Get:22 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com lucid-updates/multiverse Packages [3,771B]
Get:23 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com lucid-updates/multiverse Sources [1,508B]
Fetched 775kB in 3s (219kB/s)
Reading package lists... Error!
E: Read error - read (5: Input/output error)
E: The package lists or status file could not be parsed or opened.
E: Couldn't rebuild package cache
E: Read error - read (5: Input/output error)
E: The package lists or status file could not be parsed or opened.
E: Read error - read (5: Input/output error)
E: The package lists or status file could not be parsed or opened.
After messing around with it and randomly doing things google turned up that I didn't truly understand (I'm new to ubuntu) I figured I would be doing more harm than good. So I reinstalled Ubuntu completely, and it worked/updated until the next day when I got the exact error again.
Whenever I launch synaptic, it takes forever to load, and greys out quite often. Then it finally turns up the error.
The etc/apt/sources.list file it seems to refer to exists, though I'm not sure how to check it for problems if that is actually the source.
Has this been encountered before? Are there any insights to the cause I should look at, or general fixes to perform?