Check this thread out, http://apache-spark-user-list.1001560.n3.nabble.com/Error-reading-HDFS-file-using-spark-0-9-0-hadoop-2-2-0-incompatible-protobuf-2-5-and-2-4-1-tp2158p2807.html -- you have to remove conflicting akka and protbuf versions.
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