Seth, how did you start u-m? If thru control panel, were you asked to provide your password?
If thru command line, did you use sudo, gksu, or kdesu? -- [apport] update-manager crashed with OSError in download() https://launchpad.net/bugs/84724 -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs