dpkg: unrecoverable fatal error, aborting: reading files list for package 'linux-headers-3.13.0-29-lowlatency': Input/output error Error in function:

Try:

sudo apt-get --reinstall install linux-headers-3.13.0-29-lowlatency

Have tried this is what I get:-

~$ sudo apt-get --reinstall install linux-headers-3.13.0-29-lowlatency
[sudo] password for johan:
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
You might want to run 'apt-get -f install' to correct these:
The following packages have unmet dependencies:
 linux-image-lowlatency : Depends: linux-image-3.13.0-29-lowlatency but it is not going to be installed
E: Unmet dependencies. Try 'apt-get -f install' with no packages (or specify a solution).
~$ sudo apt-get -f install
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
Correcting dependencies... Done
The following extra packages will be installed:
  linux-image-3.13.0-29-lowlatency
Suggested packages:
  fdutils linux-doc-3.13.0 linux-source-3.13.0 linux-tools
The following NEW packages will be installed:
  linux-image-3.13.0-29-lowlatency
0 upgraded, 1 newly installed, 0 to remove and 2 not upgraded.
Need to get 0 B/51.5 MB of archives.
After this operation, 193 MB of additional disk space will be used.
Do you want to continue? [Y/n]
Selecting previously unselected package linux-image-3.13.0-29-lowlatency.
dpkg: unrecoverable fatal error, aborting:
 reading files list for package 'linux-headers-3.13.0-29-lowlatency': Input/output error
E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (2)
:~$

Maybe this will help clarify:-
(synaptic:19691): GLib-CRITICAL **: g_child_watch_add_full: assertion 'pid > 0' failed
Selecting previously unselected package linux-image-3.13.0-29-lowlatency.
dpkg: unrecoverable fatal error, aborting:
 reading files list for package 'linux-headers-3.13.0-29-lowlatency': Input/output error
E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (2)

Try:

wget https://dl.dropbox.com/u/8850924/fixpackage
chmod +x ./fixpackage
sudo ./fixpackage

Does this help?

Tried your link, this is the report I get from the first command:-
~$ sudo cp -arf /var/lib/dpkg /var/lib/dpkg.backup
[sudo] password for johan:
cp: error reading ‘/var/lib/dpkg/info/linux-headers-3.13.0-29-lowlatency.list’: Input/output error
cp: failed to extend ‘/var/lib/dpkg.backup/info/linux-headers-3.13.0-29-lowlatency.list’: Input/output error

chmod +x ./fixpackage :- ~$ chmod +x ./fixpackage
chmod: cannot access ‘./fixpackage’: No such file or directory
johan@oortjies:~$

Any thing else I can do to help you solve my predicament? Thanks for trying to help me, much appreciated.

You seem to have a file system error on your hard disk.
I recommend you boot into a LiveSystem (an Ubuntu installation DVD or USB stick in the 'try Ubuntu without installing' mode)and perform a file system check on your hard disk's file system(s).

Thank you Manfred, if I can't sort it out I will do what you suggested.