I can confirm that problem in hardy. I encounter that problem only on an "Toshiba Satellite Pro 4300", a slow system compared to nowadays systems, so it may be a timing problem?
** Changed in: gksu (Ubuntu) Status: Incomplete => Confirmed -- update-manager fails to bring up the password prompt for root privileges https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/187982 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs