I have also received this error message on an Acer Aspire One running Ubuntu 8.10 (with some extra packages recommended for netbooks). I do NOT have packagekit installed.
When I enter "apt-config dump|grep Update" I get: APT::Periodic::Update-Package-Lists "1"; APT::Update ""; APT::Update::Post-Invoke-Success ""; APT::Update::Post-Invoke-Success:::: "touch /var/lib/apt/periodic/update-success-stamp 2>/dev/null || true"; I only get this message when I run Update Manager manually. If I check packages a second time after receiving the error message I do not get the error message again. One note -- I got the error message today (the update it was trying to get me was to acpi-support) and promptly lost my wireless connection, and when I restarted the computer failed to recognize my wireless card. (I had to download the madwifi driver to get it to see the wireless card in the first place.) That may be a complete coincidence. -- E: The package cache file is corrupted E: _cache->open() failed, please report. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/257639 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list [email protected] https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
