Paul F's second post (#4) makes perfect sense to me. Ran into this issue after I had some internet issues and I have a modem known to send html pages stating the internet connection is unavailable.
After this crash Ubuntu Software Centre refuses to start: pops up, appears to load for a second, then closes again. Workaround for this is to refresh the packages as decribed in the accepted answer here: http://askubuntu.com/questions/30072/how-do-i-fix-a-problem-with-mergelist-error-when-trying-to-do-an-update Remove the merge list: sudo rm /var/lib/apt/lists/* -vf Then update the package list: sudo apt-get update -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/960220 Title: update-apt-xapian-index crashed with SystemError in open(): E:Read error - read (5: Input/output error), E:The package lists or status file could not be parsed or opened. To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/apt-xapian-index/+bug/960220/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list [email protected] https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
