the same thing here. I am however able to use gksudo the menu items are using gksu from my understanding.
** Changed in: gksu (Ubuntu) Status: Unconfirmed => Confirmed -- gksudo doesn't run program after asking for password https://launchpad.net/bugs/71794 -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs