Run the following: sudo rm -r /var/lib/update-manager
sudo rm -r /usr/share/pyshared-data/update-manager-core sudo rm -r /usr/share/update-manager sudo rm -r /usr/lib/update-manager sudo rm -r /home/tai/.gconf/apps/update-manager sudo rm -r /home/tai/.cache/update-manager-core Then reinstall update-manager. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/769800 Title: update-manager fails when asking the admin password -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs