This sounds like its a problem with gksu.
COuld you please open a terminal and run:
$ gksu id
and then
$ gksudo id
and see what it outputs and attach the output here?
** Changed in: update-manager (Ubuntu)
Status: New => Incomplete
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Admin Task Password Window Never appears
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/394992
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