This only happens with software-center. Any other graphical process that may ask for sudo credentials seems to work right.
apt-cache policy software-center software-center: Installed: 3.0.7 Candidate: 3.0.7 Version table: *** 3.0.7 0 500 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ maverick-updates/main i386 Packages 100 /var/lib/dpkg/status 3.0.4 0 500 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ maverick/main i386 Packages -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/703240 Title: The authentication system gets stuck on ubuntu software center -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs